Novels like Britain, 1986
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Britain, 1986, best match first.
- 1 Reborn in Britain 重生英伦 “To ensure Britain’s continued development as a diverse society, I believe we should thoroughly investigate monopolistic practices in certain industries. Monopolists, including the Devonshire family, must make more room for genuine competition in the market!” In 2022, the new female prime minister’s words during her inaugural address to Parliament left the entire chamber in stunned silence. A month later, she was impeached and forced from office for having once covered up for a subordinate. From 0Votes17.5kRecs110.7kFans
- 2 Los Angeles, 1992 洛杉矶1992 A young man born in the 1980s from a continent across the Pacific accidentally arrives in Los Angeles, the City of Angels, in 1992, after the riots. He transmigrates into the body of Jason Everett, a student at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, and gradually makes his way in Hollywood. It's also the story of a shut-in who slowly becomes Hollywood's widely acknowledged big-mouth ladies' man. Who acknowledges it? You'll have to read the book carefully to find out... 0Votes5kRecs26.6kFans
- 3 EN Hollywood Starts with Animation 好莱坞从动画开始 Zhu Ke transmigrates to America in 1995. Toy Story is about to hit theaters, and the internet age is just around the corner. Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fast & Furious, The Avengers, and more. There’s bound to be something you recognize. Genius director, super-rich magnate, media tycoon, financial wunderkind: I’m all of those! Reborn in Hollywood, ready to live it up as a time-traveler. 0Votes43.1kRecs43.7kFans
- 4 Reborn in 2010: I Level Up to Build an Empire 重生2010：我加点做大佬 Spirit +10! Constitution +10! Chen Heyu is reborn in 2010 and gains a stat-boosting System, giving himself a chance to build a perfect life. In this life, he didn't have any grand ambitions. He just wanted to make a few small fortunes, buy up land and buildings, and become a landlord who could live off the rent. Until! AI was invented! Homegrown chips were born! New energy vehicles 0Votes38.7kRecs181.3kFans
- 5 Wild North America, 1846 狂野北美1846 In the mid-19th century, Chinese gold seekers seized their moment amid the upheaval sweeping across North America, establishing Sheng Tang and opening a brilliant new chapter for overseas Chinese. 0Votes70.7kRecs125.6kFans
- 6 Reborn as a Trendsetter 重生之我是弄潮儿 It feels wonderful to reshape your life once more, to pluck out every little moment from the passing years, word by word and sentence by sentence, and paint a new life in vivid colors, becoming a trendsetter of the times. As the wheels of fate turn, reshape your life once more. No hesitation, no wavering, only the decisiveness to soar through the skies and fight in this grand era, then fully enjoy a brilliant life., Reborn: Reshap 0Votes41.8kRecs135.5kFans
- 7 How Did He Get Into Showbiz? 他怎么混进娱乐圈的 Starting out as a lowly assistant director, he builds his own circle step by step. What does it take to make it in show business? Acting talent? Money? Ability? No, no, no. When you’re out in the world, you make your own status. I’m going to see for myself what this entertainment industry is all about. Seniority? All those rules and regulations? You think I’ll let you push me around? I’m going to throw my weight around and bully men and women alike in show business! [A different world. Any resem 0Votes45kRecs205.5kFans
- 8 Reborn as a Police Officer in India 重生印度当警察 “Officer, that'll be 20 rupees!” A Mumbai street vendor said with a forced smile, speaking softly to the policeman who had taken several flatbreads. The protagonist had done business in Mumbai for years in his previous life. Now he was reborn as a low-ranking officer named Ratan Mahesh at a local police station in Mumbai in 2008. India's bizarre incidents seemed to happen one after another, leaving a deep impression on him in his previous life. As his memories returned, the full details of event 0Votes43.4kRecs154.5kFans
- 9 Returning to Bolang Life 重返博浪人生 (Important notice: This is a heavily “write-by-the-cloud” style commercial novel. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it!!!) Wen Liang gets a second chance at life. Starting by saving a small company on the verge of bankruptcy, he explores all the possibilities life has to offer... “I’m Wen Liang. Please listen closely as I summon the Dragon’s Roar!” 0Votes91.2kRecs169.4kFans
- 10 I Wrote a Showbiz Novel, and Its Villainess Prototype Came Knocking 写文娱被女反派原型找上门 My name is Xu Chuan. After I transmigrated, I wrote an entertainment-industry novel. It featured a villainous top-tier star, and now the real-life model for that villain wants to have a word with me after reading my novel. P.S. This book focuses more on behind-the-scenes struggles within the entertainment industry, so its content may differ somewhat from standard entertainment-industry stories. If that bothers you, ple 0Votes26.5kRecs113.9kFans
- 11 An Unconventional Chinese Entertainment Director 华娱另类导演 What is filmmaking? It's all about human relationships and social know-how. And it's not just filmmaking: everyday life leans toward company matters. One female lead, no harem. [This story is entirely fictional and takes place in a parallel world!] 0Votes19kRecs50.8kFans
- 12 Karuizawa 轻井泽 Starting with Karuizawa’s smallest whisky distillery, on the verge of bankruptcy and closure, he builds it step by step into the world’s largest liquor group. 0Votes27kRecs50.9kFans
- 13 Showbiz: I Only Like Making Movies 文娱，我只喜欢拍电影 In 2008, Chinese entertainment cinema emerged from its pioneering era and entered a period of wild growth and flourishing diversity! That year, countless people experienced both joy and sorrow! That year, Chinese entertainment cinema gained a Fang Ziheng! Transmigrated and reborn, he sets sail! From low-budget comedies to big-budget suspense, historical, and sci-fi films, Fang Ziheng goes step by step from a newcomer to a world-renowned director with box-office hits, forging his own path in the 0Votes44.3kRecs306.1kFans
- 14 1850: The American Gold Tycoon 1850美洲黄金大亨 California, mid-nineteenth century: the story of a generation of Chinese gold prospectors who left their homeland to seek their fortunes. 0Votes49.8kRecs95.8kFans
- 15 The Hollywood Boxing Champion 好莱坞拳王 From the boxing ring to Hollywood, from champion boxer to award-winning actor, from flop to tycoon, Richard Blythe has always believed one thing: good-looking people never have bad luck. (Hollywood entertainment, 1990s, slice of life. Fellow fans welcome!) 0Votes27.7kRecs48.4kFans
- 16 Reborn: Taking Over the County's Internet Celebrity Scene 重生从操盘县城女网红开始 [Internet celebrity + high finance] After working hard for ten years, Lin Lang is financially trapped for life simply because he bought an apartment in Modu. His assets worth tens of millions are tied up, and even the dating scene looks down on him because his parents have no pensions and he isn’t a local. Meanwhile, his old classmates who stayed in the county town, from elementary, middle, and high school, are all living happily with beautiful wives and complete families. Reborn in 2018, Lin La 4Votes66.7kRecs278.5kFans
- 17 The Fringe Artist of Showbiz 娱乐圈的边缘艺术家 Back in 1994, Chen Li'an has no desire to become an award-winning actor or a great director. He just wants to be an outsider in the entertainment industry and talk about art with beautiful women. Talking about art is fine! But there's no way I'll let you win my heart! When interviewed by reporters, the beautiful women of the entertainment industry all spoke from the heart. “He's the most charming man I've ever met.” 0Votes50.5kRecs140.4kFans
- 18 Chinese Showbiz: Young Master Gao Wants to Be a Movie Star 华娱：高衙内他想当影帝 One day, after getting completely drunk, Gao Yanei was enjoying the company of courtesans when he suddenly transmigrated to the Great Celestial Empire and became an honorable… bit-part actor! Then he was stunned to discover that a certain man surnamed Shi had pinned a huge scandal on him!!! His godfather, Gao Qiu, was the one trying to suppress the military families in the Imperial Guard. What did that have to do with him? Was Lin Chong’s wife as skilled in bed as Lian’er from the Spring Breeze 0Votes23.7kRecs105.6kFans
- 19 1990: Starting on Baojia Street 1990：从鲍家街开始 (Baojia Street refers to the Central Conservatory, not a band.) Zhou Yan rubbed his eyes and transmigrated from 2023 to 1990, becoming a third-year student at the Central Conservatory of Music. By a stroke of luck, he also joined the music team for the film Raise the Red Lantern. At first, Zhou Yan only planned to take a temporary job and earn an extra 150 yuan a month. But things didn't quite go the way he expected. “You play the flute beautifully. Come play Chen Feipu.” “This piece of yours is 0Votes74.2kRecs229.1kFans
- 20 The Road to Wealth in America 美利坚财富之路 A web novelist from the Celestial Empire in 2022. He transmigrates into the body of a redneck teenager from Texas, fresh out of college in 2000. Now that he’s been reborn, he might as well enjoy life to the fullest. 0Votes74.9kRecs330.5kFans
- 21 The Path of Magic Comes to America 魔道降临美利坚 Also known as I Earned Sainthood Through Good Deeds in America A demonic cultivator transmigrates into a group of people making their way across the border. The bad news: he's lost all his cultivation. The good news: he's about to arrive at a holy land of demonic cultivation. But after reaching his destination and beginning his life as a demonic cultivator, he falls into deep self-doubt. Why? I lead people into evil, but instead of demonic energy, I gain merit? I kill and pillage, but instead of 0Votes41.6kRecs230.5kFans
- 22 The Australian Turmoil of 1876 澳洲风云1876 This was a dark time, as the Chinese people endured a century of decline. A group of gold seekers set out for the distant continent of Australia, where they pursued their dreams… 0Votes86.5kRecs119.7kFans
- 23 From Fully Invested in A-Shares to a Capitalist 从满仓A股开始成为资本 (A high-stakes financial stock-market novel told from the perspective of a speculative trader. There is nothing else like it anywhere online, so do not miss it!) A plane crash meticulously orchestrated by Jewish capital causes Zhang Yang, a manager at Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s top asset-management firms, to unexpectedly return to 2009. That year, the aftershocks of the subprime mortgage crisis had only just subsided, while the global economy and stock markets were poised to su 450Votes160.7kRecs505kFans
- 24 Hollywood in the Making 好莱坞绘制 “Film noir? Yes! Those extreme cinephiles say my work is always full of crime, violence, and death, with sadistic, explicit scenes, protagonists who are both good and evil, and anxiety and unease as its central emotions. It always revolves around greed and deceit, ending in death or destruction. But these things aren’t found only in my films. They reveal the dark side we all share as human beings!”--- 0Votes61.1kRecs137.7kFans
- 25 Ace Hollywood 王牌好莱坞 An A-list star is not the finish line. The 20-million club is only the beginning. Hollywood will bear my name: one ace card, one super era. 0Votes29.3kRecs25kFans
- 26 Now I Want to Be a Good Person 现在我想做个好人 Nearly forty, Liang Kun was a selfish, domineering scoundrel. Now he’s back in his student days, with a “Good Deeds Bring Good Fortune” System. Whenever he completes a task to help someone, he earns all sorts of rewards, improves his character, copies a skill from the person he helped, and sometimes gets a miraculous piece of high-tech gear. “I never had a choice before. Now I want to be a good... superstar!” 0Votes301.3kRecs127.4kFans
- 27 The Hardy Empire, 1945 哈迪帝国1945 After transmigrating and being reborn in the world of movies and television in 1945, he starts from the bottom and builds an empire of his own. He is a renowned kingpin, the man who built Las Vegas. He establishes private enterprises, and not a single criminal dares cross him. One day, you'll end up in his hands. He can send you to heaven or condemn you to hell. The Hardy Mercenary Corps has the fighting strength of an entire nation. An Yi uses it to protect his businesses around the globe. No o 0Votes245.4kRecs204.3kFans
- 28 In Tokyo, I'm a Law-Abiding Outlaw 人在东京，法内狂徒 In Japan in 1992, the economic bubble had just burst and public safety was beginning to deteriorate. Xu Tianze transmigrates into the body of a criminal police officer named Aoyama Hidenobu, only to discover upon opening his eyes that he is being bound hand and foot... At the beginning of the new century, an authoritative magazine claimed that although Japan had lost ten years starting in the 1990s, it had also gained a legendary figure like Aoyama Hidenobu. Some Japanese citizens responded: Bak 0Votes200.5kRecs584.6kFans
- 29 I Really Can't Act 我真不会演戏啊 “I’m going to take my talent into the entertainment industry…” “But you can’t actually act.” “Having a good face is enough.” 0Votes79.3kRecs127.3kFans
- 30 I Am a Nobleman in England 我在英伦当贵族 Check out my new book, The Rich Man Between Two Worlds: A Crossover Through Film and TV. Who knows when it started, but the big spenders began sharing the aristocratic lifestyle with everyone... You don’t have to be nobility to enjoy pretending. For instance, you could go to a high-end restaurant and try an afternoon tea served in the style of the British royal family. Afterwards, you might feel like you’re positively dripping with nobility from head to to 0Votes252.1kRecs152.2kFans
- 31 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 32 I Write Web Novels in America 我在美国写网文 Reborn in America in 1995, he carried in his head all the online novels he had read in his previous life. See how he uses feel-good fiction to shake up America’s bestseller lists and become a pop culture icon like Stan Lee. In the twentieth century, what was Hollywood’s biggest IP gold mine? Comics and online fiction! “Netflix? Without online fiction, it would be nothing!” said the Disney president. 0Votes112.2kRecs89kFans
- 33 Chinese Entertainment in 2000 华娱之2000 “Scandal over the stand-in case forces Hong Kong’s young king of pop to bow out in disgrace!” “Two Zhous and one Sun: Three forces dominate the Chinese music scene!” “The new leader of the Chinese music scene: Mainland prodigy Zhou Yi!” “South Zhou versus North Zhou: The battle between the young kings is heating up!” “South and North Zhou: Who will reign over the new era?!” “Charm without limits: Most female stars across the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan have fallen for Zhou Yi. The South-Nort 48Votes326.5kRecs483.1kFans
- 34 Reborn as a Financial Tycoon 重生之金融巨头 [The new book Reborn in 2013: Super Technology Empire is out. It's a cutting-edge tech startup story with no System. The protagonist is a genius, and the book has three major arcs: Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe.] In battles of capital fought without bloodshed, plain words can become warriors in steel helmets and armor, while rules mastered by heart can turn into an arsenal of weapons wielded with ease. Who knew a war with neither gunpowder nor cold weapons could be so thrilling… Put 0Votes248.7kRecs387.5kFans
- 35 Old Tales of Hong Kong 港岛旧事 Fifty Years Early He Dingxian plunged headfirst into a blazing era teeming with roughnecks, before countless heroes had made their names. He fought alongside the real power players and danced shoulder to shoulder with dazzling beauties. What I’ve earned, I’ll never give away! 0Votes151.7kRecs394.2kFans
- 36 Exploiting Hollywood, 1980 剥削好莱坞1980 Hollywood has come up with plenty of formulas... What makes a movie a hit? And yet plenty of big-budget films that follow the formula still bomb at the box office. Ronald Lee transmigrates to Hollywood in the 1980s. Can he discover the secret to making a hit movie? After all, he can dream about scenes from movies he watched in his previous life... His knack for making box-office hits and helping actors win awards brings Ronald plenty of friends, enemies, and beautiful women... Let the author tak 3Votes484.8kRecs199.1kFans
- 37 I Have to Teach This World a Lesson 我得给这世界上堂课 That year... Zhang Sheng, betrayed by the organization's leader, arrived in this world... That year... Facing a catastrophic start, he saw the bloody struggle of capital, the beasts lurking in the cruel, dark forest, and the bewildered entrepreneurs left in the wake of the financial crisis... He instinctively flashed a savage grin. 0Votes194.1kRecs549.1kFans
- 38 Peninsula Prosecutor 半岛检察官 Xu Jingwen transmigrates into South Korea and, from the start, kills his twin brother, who was plotting to murder him. With their identical faces, he assumes his dead brother's identity and takes his job as a prosecutor, his house, and his fiancée. Having taken the place of one man with another, he decides to be a good person and wipe out every corrupt official and criminal. But on his very first day at work, he discovers that the corrupt official is... himself. PS: The protagonist is a playboy 0Votes184.4kRecs800.1kFans
- 39 Rising to Power, Starting in Chinatown 飞扬跋扈，从唐人街开始 At the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese laborers in America had fallen to the status of third-class people. Discrimination against and conflicts with Chinese laborers grew increasingly fierce, and attacks became more frequent. In San Francisco's Chinatown, opium dens and gambling houses stood everywhere, while gangs and associations made the area a chaotic mix of all kinds of people. Until one day, Chen Zhengwei stepped off a ship, his face radiant with a brilliant smile. “I like the smell 9Votes357.9kRecs643.4kFans
- 40 Reborn: The Strongest Tycoon 重生之最强大亨 In 1978, Li Ka-shing was not yet the richest Chinese man. In 1978, Hollywood still had its eight major studios. In 1978, Apple had yet to take a bite from the apple. It was the best of times: technology was poised to take off, and gold was everywhere. It was the worst of times: profit came first, and capital ruled all. It was an age of chaos, when dragons and snakes danced and warlords rose everywhere. The story begins in a small fishing village in Hong Kong in 1978... Born on a rainy day, the f 2Votes526.9kRecs339.6kFans
- 41 This Movie Star Wants More Money 这个影帝要加钱 Transmigrating from the Ming dynasty to the year 2000, Ding Xiu can only live a different kind of life this time around. Director: I hear you're good in a fight. I have a role I'd like you to take. It's very difficult. Ding Xiu: Pay me more and it's fine. Director: Actually, I'm hiring you just as insurance. We may not even need you. Ding Xiu: That's not my concern. If you hire me, you have to pay me. Not a single penny less... P.S. New book: The Unscientific Movie Emperor. Feel free to check it 0Votes226kRecs851.8kFans
- 42 America, 1982 美利坚1982 He has received the most dazzling praise and the most vicious insults. Every vein in his body pulses with defiance. He is a white kid who will never become a member of high society. He is a young man whom the public sees as a country boy. He is Tommy Hawk. He has been reborn. Welcome to a story whose first half tells the tale of the American Dream and whose second half tells of the American Nightmare. Let's welcome Tommy Hawk to the stage, on a winter's day in 2022. 0Votes302.6kRecs479.2kFans
- 43 How Could I, a Top-Tier Star from the Start, Ever Fade Away? 开局顶流的我怎么会糊 Chu Zhi transmigrated to a parallel world and became a top-tier star in China. Even a throwaway post on Weibo earned him hundreds of thousands of comments. A young idol who'd become a complete has-been after a series of malicious smears: throwing his weight around, plagiarizing a new song, secretly getting married, and cheating. With everything going wrong from the start, he was lucky to have the [Personality System]. By doing things most celebrities wouldn't dare, he could earn points and draw 2Votes334.6kRecs541.4kFans
- 44 My Literary Era in 1980 1980我的文艺时代 Lin Weimin somehow transmigrated into a sent-down educated youth in the countryside. He had neither father nor mother and could not even return to the city. To improve his living conditions, he chose to embark on a literary path. After finally publishing two short stories and celebrating for a few days, he unexpectedly became a student at the Institute of Literary Studies, the predecessor of the National Academy of Literature. Lin Weimin had 4Votes317.2kRecs608.3kFans
- 45 Azeroth: The Trail of Death 艾泽拉斯死亡轨迹 They call me the Lord of the Dead, the Bringer of Eternal Silence, the Trampler of All Things, the Screamer of Souls, the Scourge of War. They say I command all spirits, tear apart fate, shatter shackles, and oppress all living things. They mock me for using blood as bait and weaving the world's doom from famine and war. They malign me, saying I wield fear as a sword and define the twilight of the end with cruelty and indifference. They say I bring destruction, bear hatred, unleash fury, spread 0Votes434.7kRecs264.1kFans
- 46 Generation Z Artist Z世代艺术家 From Taking Down Public Intellectuals to Conquering the Entertainment Industry A Gen Z online troll born in 2005 is reborn in 1998. He has no rose-tinted view of this era, and it leaves him feeling utterly suffocated. The crude picture quality of TV and films, the eye-searing special effects, costumes like scraps of cloth, makeup that looks like a joke, and a filming philosophy of “good enough is good enough”... Men and women, directors and producers, every last one of them is garbage. The young 1.5kVotes1.3MRecs870.9kFans
- 47 A Certain American Comic's Agent 某美漫的特工 At the turn of the millennium, Mark stood alone before the floor-to-ceiling windows of his penthouse atop the Celestial Tower in Manhattan, holding a glass of bourbon as he celebrated his thirtieth birthday! He had a younger brother who'd led himself astray, a sister who'd dreamed of becoming a nun since childhood but ended up a celebrity, and a little sister who'd just awakened her chuunibyou streak and was clamoring to make peace with ordinary humans. He had a car, a house, and a career he'd t 5Votes331.6kRecs331.3kFans
- 48 The British Civil Servant 大英公务员 The Second World War, which engulfed the entire world, was entering its final stages, but the decline of the British Empire had only just begun. The United States and the Soviet Union looked forward to a glorious future, knowing that the fallen aristocracy was no longer an obstacle. “I do not agree with their ideas, but dismantling British India first is not entirely a bad thing.” 0Votes566.4kRecs426.2kFans
- 49 The Golden Age of Entertainment 最佳娱乐时代 My new book, The Striving Years, is now online. These are the worst of times: six major companies monopolize Hollywood. These are the best of times: the internet keeps disrupting traditional business models. Ronan will climb to the pinnacle of this entertainment era and look down upon the countless forests below. 0Votes772.3kRecs264.9kFans
- 50 The Movie Emperor Doesn’t Want to Be a Eunuch 影帝他不想当太监 I'm never going to be a eunuch again! The Ming Dynasty's youngest and most handsome chief eunuch transmigrates into the body of a film extra in Hengdian. The countdown to being sent back has begun! Time remaining: 92 hours, 29 minutes, 48 seconds... Will he become a superstar and earn two million a day, or be sent back to become a eunuch? You call this a choice?!!! The author's previous book, I'm About to Lose Money Until I'm a Muggle, was completed in just 300 words. It's about a wizard who tra 7Votes714.3kRecs587.2kFans
