Novels like Back to 1980 to Enjoy the Good Life
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- 1 Reborn in the 1970s: A Young Educated Youth at the Forestry Station 重生七零：我在林场当知青 Sheng Xiping is reborn in the 1970s, back in the days when he was an educated youth at a forestry station. In his previous life, his hotheaded youth led him to make a grave mistake. Given another chance at life, he will repay kindness and avenge every wrong. And when he loves, he will love with all his heart. At the foot of Changbai Mountain, amid forests and snowy wilderness, there are towering ancient trees and rare, exotic beasts. The entire mountain is his orchard, and his hunting ground. Fr 0Votes55.1kRecs115kFans
- 2 Era: Starting from Mountain Farming and Hunting 年代：发家从赶山养殖开始 At sixty, Lin Heng unexpectedly returned to the 1980s, an era when travel was slow, life was hard, but people’s ideals were pure. Living a second life, he had no lofty ambitions. He only wanted to make up for past regrets and give his wife and children a happy life. And it all began when he beat someone else to a big wolfdog, then took his bow and arrows up the mountain to hunt. [Period piece, everyday life, mountain trips, hunting, farming, raising livestock, devoted husband, raising children, 1Votes17.4kRecs135.1kFans
- 3 Preaching the Dao in the Mortal World 红尘演道 Make a few close friends, get some immortals drunk, scold the Son of Heaven in the Golden Throne Hall, and show compassion for common folk in the countryside. I failed my tribulation in my past life, but in this one, I am utterly invincible. As Master Jun says: I can perform the tales of gods and demons, and tell stories of the jianghu too. With a wave of my hand, I turn the world upside down, laughing as I play my part among mortals. What worth are the celestial palaces? I embrace simpli 153Votes2.2kRecs18.9kFans
- 4 I Turned Out to Be a Top-Tier Star! 我竟然是顶流！ Middle-aged, he suddenly goes missing. After twenty years of hard work, actor Zhou Dingran finally achieves fame and is crowned Best Actor. But one slip of fate turns him into a handsome, beloved young student in Beidian’s acting department… … A dual career as a singer and actor… The author has completed several other entertainment-industry novels, including Reborn as a Superstar and Reborn: The Superstar. 1Votes13.1kRecs66kFans
- 5 Fishing and Hunting in the 1980s 八十年代渔猎日常 Reborn, Li Changle looks at his cold-hearted wife, his eldest son who worries about everything, and his sweet younger son, a miniature version of his older brother. In this life, he stops being a fool with his head in the clouds. He rolls up his sleeves, keeps his feet on the ground, and devotes himself to a warm home with his wife and children... By day, he catches giant blue lobsters and big rice fish in underwater caves. At night, he checks his fish traps and finds fish crowding the ponds, cr 352Votes266.4kRecs179.6kFans
- 6 1988: Starting as an Independent Producer 1988从独立制片人开始 All the world’s affairs are but dreams of yellow millet. Let me tell you of things that never were. Yu Hua, not yet turned into a scruffy little dog, read Xu Sanguan Sells His Blood in a contemporary magazine and couldn’t shake the feeling that a shadow had fallen over him. As Chen Shiping flaunted his talent in this blazing era, the beautiful actresses of the 1980s all found their eyes drawn to him. As Chen Shiping 0Votes35.5kRecs126.2kFans
- 7 A Little Village in 1992: Raising Cars Made Me the Village's Richest Man 1992小乡村，养车成村中首富 [A niche story about raising vehicles, following a man who starts out in the countryside in the 1990s. At first, he raises and repairs excavators, presses, and loaders, and buys secondhand excavators at home and abroad...] Yu Dawei, who spent his whole life losing money, could only support himself by repairing cars. Now he's back in 1992, in a little village without electricity, where nobody can afford a cellphone and every household still uses candles. He intends to get his life back on track, 0Votes14.9kRecs111.5kFans
- 8 The First Heavenly Rule 第一条天规 Jun Bugou, a bounty hunter who makes his living tracking down and killing notorious bandits, discovers that under the first heavenly rule, nine out of ten immortals and gods in this world are fair game! 0Votes2.7kRecs34.9kFans
- 9 Reborn in 1988: Getting Rich After Rejecting My Ex-Wife 重生88：从拒绝前妻开始暴富 An accident sent Lin Shuping back to 1988. In the early summer of that year, he looked at the girl who couldn’t care less about him and smiled... Then he put his hands in his pockets, turned around, and walked away. In the turbulent sea of business and the great tide of the times, danger and opportunity coexist in this life. But once I catch the wave, getting rich is my only option. 134Votes36.5kRecs189.4kFans
- 10 Reborn into Rural Literary Life 重生乡村文艺生活 Just falling into the water was enough to transmigrate. He Ping stared blankly at two little earthen houses and the eldest son he had picked up. 1979? The 1979 that ushered in a great new era? Fortunately, he had brought a cellphone with him. He could write books in his spare time, raise a child, and lead the villagers in raising chickens. Life was pretty good. Someone wants to adapt my book? I know this stuff. Let me adapt it for you. Boss, just tell me: do you want to make it into a film or a 0Votes25kRecs77.9kFans
- 11 The Literary Era Beginning in 1979 从1979开始的文艺时代 Back in 1979, when goods are scarce and the arts are about to burst into bloom! Literature, film, music, and entertainment: that vibrant era, when everything is brimming with life, is just around the corner. Fang Yan is reborn into this dazzling age. With one foot in literature and both feet in the arts, he takes one step at a time along a different path to becoming a literary giant. Along the way, some admire him, some slande 0Votes32.5kRecs199.3kFans
- 12 EN Ascendancy of the Martial Path 武道登神 The universe is changing, and Blue Star has converged with another world. At the hour of crisis, the heroic ancestors lured the enemy deep into their territory, then detonated countless nuclear warheads, slaying demons and gods alike. Their earthshaking sacrifice bought humanity fifty years to catch its breath. Over those fifty years, civilization underwent tremendous change. Within, the Demon-Worshipping Cult sowed chaos; without, monsters ran rampant. Martial Saint Zhao Dongjun rose like the r 3Votes315.7kRecs186.3kFans
- 13 I Began as a Tiger Demon and Became a Sage 从虎妖开始成圣 Yang Ji, an older young man, stays up all night grinding away at Black Myth: Wukong and dies suddenly. He is reborn as a newborn tiger cub. He thinks his life as a tiger is doomed, only to discover that he's in a mythical world where gods, immortals, and demons all exist! This book is also known as What Should I Do After Turning into a Tiger Demon? and The Tiger Demon's Path to the Dao. 0Votes25.8kRecs62.8kFans
- 14 Back to the 80s: My Literary Life 重回80：我的文艺人生 Synopsis: A middle-aged man with a love of literature somehow finds himself back in the early 1980s, where he becomes a permanent staff member and humble gatekeeper at the Yanhe magazine office in Qin Province. He watches the gate, slacks off a little, and writes poems, novels, and scripts on the side. Before he knows it, he has become a great writer in everyone else's eyes. He leads a pretty goo 1Votes45.5kRecs186.3kFans
- 15 Reborn as a Mining Tycoon 重生之矿业巨头 Li Tang was reborn on the eve of the new millennium. He knew how the mining market would develop over the next twenty years, had the coordinates of every newly discovered super-deposit, and understood the ins and outs of the century’s biggest mergers and acquisitions between mining giants... Experts were still lamenting that all the richest deposits were in the hands of mining conglomerates. The giants were fretting over their aging mines and dwindling reserves, and their strategies had shifted 0Votes28.8kRecs113.9kFans
- 16 1983: Starting Out as a Big-Time Aquaculturist on a Small Island 1983小海岛，从养殖大户开始 [A novel about marine aquaculture in the early 1980s. At first, it’s kelp farming, oyster farming, catching eel fry, and raising swimming crabs...] Back in 1983 on a small island, Li Duoyu risks his life to haul in a net full of large yellow croaker. He thinks he’s about to make a fortune, only to have reality slap him in the face: at the time, large yellow croaker sells for just 40 cents a jin. But Li Duoyu also discovers that far from the coast, dried oysters, dried squid, dried kelp, and drie 0Votes78.7kRecs249.5kFans
- 17 Starting as a Renowned Hengshan Master in the World of Martial Arts 从衡山名宿开始笑傲武侠 After transmigrating straight into a bandit den, Ou Canghua was rescued by a knight-errant. After shamelessly begging to become his apprentice, he learned that his master was named Liu Zhengfeng... That’s right, the Hengshan Third Liu, whose fate in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was even more tragic than Lin Pingzhi’s. To keep his master from being persecuted, Ou Canghua has no choice but to find every way he can to grow stronger! 1Votes27.3kRecs299.6kFans
- 18 EN Endless Winter: My Camp Can Level Up Infinitely 无尽寒冬：我的营地无限升级 Do you keep coming across a game that starts with a campfire in the middle of a frozen wasteland, where resources have to be hauled by hand and monsters can attack at any moment... Xia Hong wakes up one day in just such a world. Blizzards rage, beasts of the cold dominate the land, and civilization has fallen. Everything and everyone that ever existed has been invaded by the unknown and transformed into powerful horrors. Humanity has become a lowly species, barely surviving beneath the shadow of 140Votes108.5kRecs298.6kFans
- 19 Gourmet Cuisine Begins with the Green-Skinned Train Chef 美食从绿皮火车厨神开始 Food along the way, stories along the way, scenery along the way. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhou Zhou becomes the chef aboard a green passenger train. This world has scrambled eggs, but no stir-fried egg ribbons. It has iron-pot stewed goose, but no chicken stewed in a clay pot. It has fish-fragrant shredded pork, but no kung pao chicken. It has jianbing, but no Goubuli buns. It has roujiamo, but no oil-splashed noodles. It has roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose, and all kind 0Votes27.2kRecs53.3kFans
- 20 Reborn: A Dad's Happy Life 重生之奶爸的幸福生活 To his utter surprise, Xia Zekai was reborn just after he had finally achieved something with his life. When he woke up, he was back in 2009. That year, his wife was insisting on going out to work and said she would support him from then on. That year, his twin daughters were about to start kindergarten. What could he do when there was no one to look after the girls? My completed 4.3-million-character novel, Reborn: My Wife and Kids, Warm in Bed, is available on both Qi 0Votes138.8kRecs125.1kFans
- 21 The Immortal Daoist of the Wuxia World 武侠世界的长生道士 After transmigrating to a low-martial world without magic, where no extraordinary arts exist and the path to immortality is cut off, Xu Xuan thought he would live an ordinary life, lost in the mundane world. Then he unexpectedly awakened a divine mirror that connected two worlds. Using it to trade goods between them, he began searching for opportunities to cultivate. From humble beginnings, he rose up and set out on the path to immortality. He grasped the truth and saw through appearances, trans 0Votes31.9kRecs245.6kFans
- 22 Travel Through Time and Get Rich, Starting in 1985 穿梭致富从1985开始 Travel between parallel worlds, back to 1985. Starting with a single exhaust pipe, build the world’s largest semiconductor company, establish the biggest entertainment conglomerate and the world’s largest aviation group, build a private space station, and buy a secondhand aircraft carrier as a private yacht. He Gui’s motto: Never make the first move, but never say no. 0Votes118.8kRecs143.2kFans
- 23 Reborn in 2008: Rising from Cheap Knockoff Phones 重生08：从山寨机开始崛起 Reborn in 2008, Xu Shenxue discovered that he had become the owner of a mobile phone company. Unfortunately, the company was facing a crisis. Xu Shenxue simply said, “No problem. System, get to work.” With a research and development System in hand, Xu Shenxue could turn ordinary researchers into experts, and experts into world-class scholars... Developing chips is difficult? Would a hundred scientists be enough? If not, bring in another thousand! Developing lithography machines is difficult? Wou 101Votes71.6kRecs219.6kFans
- 24 The Han Crown Prince 大汉储君 Emperor Gaozu of Han raised a three-foot sword, slew the White Serpent, swept away the Qin and Chu, and unified the land. As the crown prince, all I have to do is hope my father becomes a dragon. 0Votes33.2kRecs242.3kFans
- 25 Transmigrating as a Human, I Become the Shamanic Priest for All Races 穿越人族，我给万族当巫祭 Can transmigrates into a vast wilderness world plagued by disasters and rampaging beasts, where other races regard humans as food and sacrificial offerings. He deduces cultivation techniques and forges an alliance of humanity. He slays the Xiaoyang and the Black Bird, withstands the locust and insect calamities, revives the spirits of the mountains and rivers, and restores the primordial energy of the wilderness. He raises humanity's standing and changes its fate as prey and sacrificial offering 154Votes118.7kRecs333.4kFans
- 26 I Am the Dragon King of a Well in the Human Realm 我是人间井龙王 A mountain need not be tall to be famous; a waterway need not be deep if it has a loach. A loach is a fallen dragon, with neither the appearance nor the form of a dragon, let alone its destiny. But when the winds and clouds rise, it can still stir clouds and spew mist, summon wind and rain, defy the changes between darkness and light, and hide its small form from sight. It also has a knack for digging holes and burrowing tunnels. It dug through the Heavenly Court and broke into the underworld, t 0Votes38kRecs187.5kFans
- 27 The Nine Bestowments 九锡 [The new book, Nine Tripods, is now out. … The Nine Honors are: first, the black bull; second, the imperial robes and crown; third, music and ceremonial instruments; fourth, vermilion doors; fifth, steps into the palace; sixth, the Tiger Guards; seventh, bows and arrows; eighth, axes and halberds; ninth, black millet wine. Those granted the Nine Honors may be praised without being named, enter court without hurrying, and wear a sword and shoes before the throne. Lu 0Votes193.6kRecs572.6kFans
- 28 The Widower's Literary Life 鳏夫的文娱 Lin Youcheng, a fine young man who is single and unmarried, never imagined that he would suddenly transmigrate to 1983, lose his wife in a single day, and become the father of six little kids... Lin Youcheng's response? He'd rather die. But before he dies, Lin Youcheng still has to find a way to raise this hungry little brood. So, in this unfamiliar era, he has no choice but to pick up his pen and earn money to feed the kids... This novel is also known as “The Springtime of Literature: Entertai 0Votes74.9kRecs288kFans
- 29 Steadfast Cultivation: The Entire Cultivation World Is My Home 稳健修仙，整个修仙界都是我家 The path to immortality is hard, and the road to eternal life is long. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Shen Lian cautiously began his cultivation journey with a panel that allowed him to gain insights. To avoid deadly calamities, he dodged whenever he could and ran whenever he had to. He kept hidden trump cards, mastered escape techniques, refined clones, and stayed behind the scenes. He aligned himself with the Heavenly Dao above and endlessly refined his clones below. When there 3Votes54.3kRecs228.6kFans
- 30 I'm Not Yuan Shu 我不是袁术 He transmigrated, but he was Yuan Shu. He could lie flat and slack off, but he was Yuan Shu. He became a noble young master from a powerful family, but he was Yuan Shu. He had everything handed to him, but he was Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu: the fierce ghost on the road, the rotten bones in the grave, Emperor of Zhong, and the Eastern Han’s Honey Water Gentleman! Feeling the star of death shining brightly above his head, Yuan Shu couldn’t help tightening his grip on the cup of honey water in his hand. He 0Votes53.9kRecs172.9kFans
- 31 Chronicles Across Time 超时空史记 One day, four uninvited guests showed up at Chu Zhen's home. One was Li Shimin, the second son of the Duke of Tang, who claimed to be a devoted brother. One was the Hongwu Emperor, who snatched the map of China hanging on his wall as soon as they met. One was the young lady Li, who remarked that “Su Shi's lyrics are pretty mediocre.” And one was Lin Daiyu, who dropped from the sky, with smoky brows and cherry-red lips. After Chu Zhen spent some time in warm, friendly, in-depth conversation with 0Votes78.6kRecs262.7kFans
- 32 America: From Oil to Mold 美利坚从石油滋生霉菌开始 The US military forms organ-harvesting units in the Middle East. After certain military operations, they enter the battlefield and use their expertise to select targets and harvest high-grade parts. After Tang Ning is brutally harvested, his soul crosses over into the body of an American soldier. He successfully infiltrates the US military and vows to stir up a storm within its ranks. America, Special Agent Smith, the kill line, the Middle East, oil, cannon fodder, enlisting on credit, causing t 453Votes68.2kRecs103.1kFans
- 33 Reborn in the Roaring Eighties: Starting with Traditional Chinese Medicine 重生飞扬年代，从中医开始 After transmigrating to that vibrant era, Li Chu just wants to keep his head down and live in peace. 0Votes95kRecs231.4kFans
- 34 Turbulent 1979! 激荡1979！ This literary giant is no ordinary man! He wears luxury watches, drives expensive cars, lives in a mansion, and is close to several actresses. He shaped not only one generation's childhood, but the childhoods of several generations, and their childhood idols, too. Want to know why he's so bold? Wei Ming: “I was already earning foreign currency back in 1980. The culture I exported on my own was worth about as much as the entire contemporary literary scene. I've spent my whole life writing novels. 358Votes382.2kRecs576.1kFans
- 35 The White Snake Immortal of the Mortal World 世间白蛇仙 The green snake is the ancestor of all beneath heaven; the white snake, an immortal of the world. This time, it's the story of a white snake. To hear the Dao in the morning and die content in the evening. After ten years as a snake, wandering through mountains and forests, it reaches the end of its lifespan. As life and death meet at the threshold, it suddenly becomes a demon. From then on, the world has a White Snake Immortal! Deep in the mountains lies Snake King Valley; a willow spirit rise 0Votes550.7kRecs341.3kFans
- 36 The Wolf of Los Angeles 洛杉矶之狼 In North America, there are many paths to power and wealth. Hock heads straight for Los Angeles and chooses the entertainment and media industry. The media is like sunlight: it doesn't just illuminate the bright side. Every word and every image that appears in the media is carefully designed to shape public opinion and manipulate the public. 9Votes339.9kRecs269.6kFans
- 37 When It Comes to Matchmaking, I Don't Bow to Anyone 做媒这一块，我谁都不服 “Once the newlyweds enter the room, the matchmaker gets tossed over the wall.” “Believe in ghosts if you like, but never trust a matchmaker's mouth.” “Don't act as a go-between, a guarantor, or a matchmaker, and your descendants will be blessed for three generations!” These three sayings show just how awkward the matchmaker's standing is in the eyes of the public. Jiang Feng has just graduated from college when he suddenly gains the uncanny ability to see how compatible two people are for marria 0Votes95.3kRecs347.6kFans
- 38 My Perfect Apocalypse Life 我的完美末世人生 Meng Xu woke up to discover that he had activated the Perfect Life System. He was about to get promoted and earn a raise, and reach the pinnacle of life. But when he pulled open the curtains, he was dumbstruck. The apocalypse had arrived, and zombies were everywhere! Blood and fire were all around. Darkness had descended upon the world. The world had ended, and the Perfect Life System was only showing up now? [A perfect day starts with striking up a conversation. See that beauty over there? Go t 0Votes43.9kRecs501kFans
- 39 I Became a God After Quitting My Job 辞职后我成了神 The moon waxes and wanes, and people know joy and sorrow, meeting and parting. Grant the living their wishes and ease the regrets of the dead. It all begins when a jar that swallows the heavens is obtained from Song ci... Originally titled The Magic Jar, also known as Ferrying Souls in the Mortal World and The Wish Ferryman. Friendly reminder: Please don’t read this book around a crowd, unless you want to die of embarrassment~ 0Votes213.3kRecs301.3kFans
- 40 Back to the Prosperous Years to Live an Ordinary Life 回到红火岁月做俗人 A glutton transmigrates to an era of scarce food and clothing, and strives to live as an ordinary person with plenty to eat and drink. A sensible story, with little brutality and characters who have their wits about them. No multiverse, no double transmigration, no System, no farming space, just a portable warehouse that could starve a mouse to death. No copying, pasting, or plagiarism. Entirely handwritten, not produced by a studio. A slow-paced slice-of-life story that reflects the era. Aside 331Votes210.3kRecs418.7kFans
- 41 The White-Robed Chancellor 白衣卿相 Clad in white, he entered Bianliang; half a lifetime as a minister, and he shaped the realm. 3.9kVotes302kRecs573.4kFans
- 42 Holy Fist! 圣拳！ Bai Xiao descended into this world and raised his head. Not only did he see this magnificent, bizarre world, he also saw the career modifier he had downloaded before transmigrating. “Consume all the experience from the secondary classes [Biological Mech Designer], [Mystery Realm Scholar], and [Specialized Hypnotist], convert it into one million potential points, and use them all to upgrade my primary class, [Fighter]!” “I... have obtained the golden ultimate class [God of Martial Combat]!” The w 0Votes128.4kRecs594kFans
- 43 Back to 1977: Farming and Raising Kids 重回七七种田养娃 Xu Shiyan is reborn forty years in the past, on the second day after his wedding. His lovely new bride has just arrived, and everything is off to the best possible start. He can grow crops, go hunting, and head into the mountains to dig up a giant ginseng root whenever he likes. Life in the 1970s really isn't so bad. He wasn't much to speak of in his previous life, and he has no grand ambitions in this one. He just wants to live happily with his wife and raise their daughters to succeed. His eld 3Votes131.1kRecs363.2kFans
- 44 My American TV Universe 我的美综世界 I wanted to be a good person, but the CIA framed me. The only way to survive was to bring America down. 0Votes182.7kRecs219.4kFans
- 45 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
- 46 I’m a Teacher in Tokyo! 我在东京当老师！ Chen Zhen transmigrated and became a teacher at a Japanese school named Yoshizakigawa. At first, he thought everything seemed normal. Then he discovered that the girl who’d been bullied by the previous owner of his body and came to collect the rent every month was named Kayako. There was also a student named Tomie in his university class who kept making eyes at him. And his neighbor was an autistic girl named Shirai who didn’t like people calling her by name. Then there was a transfer student na 0Votes65.6kRecs347.6kFans
- 47 You Don't Know How Much Fun Being a Director Is 导演的快乐你不懂 ★ Book status: Complete! Conquest 108 ★ Born in 1985, admitted to the directing program at the Beijing Film Academy in 2003, went on exchange to the University of Southern California in 2005, and directed his first Hollywood movie in 2006. He became famous overnight! But at the height of his success, Wang Quan announced he was returning to China to pursue his career. The domestic entertainment industry was shaken, and the international scene was stunn 2Votes192.6kRecs495.5kFans
- 48 EN Restarting Life 重启人生 When life hits the restart button, it seems like everything will finally go smoothly... Yeah, right! If only I'd been reborn after the college entrance exams. Even going back to my first year of high school would have been fine. What's with being reborn in my senior year? And what the heck, I'm reborn right in the exam room. Guys, how do I solve this math problem? Urgent, waiting for answers online! (Also known as Reborn, So Who Needs Exams? and Reborn, and the Author Still Can't Come Up wi 30Votes981.4kRecs1.3MFans
- 49 Awakening: My Era 觉醒，我的时代 0Votes100.4kRecs266.9kFans
- 50 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
