Novels like 1979: The Golden Age
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as 1979: The Golden Age, best match first.
- 1 The Director Strikes Back 进击的导演 My new book, "I’ll Come Clean: I Joined the Entertainment Industry to Make Money", is now online! Reader group: 735556659. After transmigrating back to 2011, Yin Zixiong finds himself a directing student at a film academy, class of 2008. With a boom in Chinese cinema on the horizon, he wants to carve out a place for himself. No System, no all-around entertainment skills. He can’t sing, trade stocks, or remember lottery numbers. Fortunately, before he transmigrated, he watched a movie every day w 0Votes12.7kRecs64.8kFans
- 2 League of Legends: What Do You Mean, a Self-Destructing Jungler? LOL：什么叫自爆型打野啊？ (Set in a fictional world. This is not intended to maliciously mislead or disparage anyone.) Luo Sen is reborn in S11 as LGD’s jungler. He thought he’d be living the good life, making money and winning championships after being reborn, but it turns out his predecessor had committed crime after crime and was being pressured by management to throw matches. With no way out, his predecessor chose to blow everything up live on stream. Giving up, dating online; Throwing matches, using scripts. All eig 0Votes14.2kRecs131.7kFans
- 3 The Wuxia World: The Martial Dao Immortal 武侠世界，武道人仙 My name is Lu Tianxing. I just transmigrated to the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes, landed outside an ancient tomb, and was picked up by Xiaolongnu. The bad news: My body mutated during transmigration, leaving me unable to cultivate internal energy. The good news: The mutation gave me superhuman regeneration. Even if every bone in my body breaks and my organs rupture, I can heal in moments! With a body like this, why bother cultivating limp internal energy? I’ll go straight for body-ba 246Votes30.6kRecs202.2kFans
- 4 Period: Starting at the Shanghai Dubbing Studio 年代：从魔都译制片厂开始 Jiang Shan, a media mogul, inexplicably transmigrates forty years into the past and decides to turn a lifetime of experience into his golden finger. He glances at the nine jiao in his pocket, then strides into the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio... 0Votes139.7kRecs233.3kFans
- 5 1977: Starting with a Blind Date with the Dragon King's Daughter 1977：开局相亲女儿国王 [Period business story, not about a literary giant, multiple heroines] Reborn in 1977. Li Changhe feels that, having come to this era, he ought to do something for his country! Of course, the first thing he needs to do is win over the queen next door. 32Votes261.7kRecs652.6kFans
- 6 My Korean Peninsula, 2007 我的半岛2007 A soul that transmigrated here finds itself on the Korean Peninsula in 2007. An Ru Song wakes up in a rented semi-basement apartment, and soon maps out the path he will take in his new life… 0Votes95.2kRecs124.5kFans
- 7 Back to 1978 重回1978 At first, his name was Hu San. Later, people called him Third Brother. Then more and more people called him Boss Xie. In the end, everyone called him Mr. Xie. Among the countless titles people gave him were millionaire, farmer-entrepreneur, philanthropist, producer, and village chief. After thirty years of breaking through the waves, when Time magazine put him on its cover, it used a single word to encompass all his titles: Comrade. 0Votes130.2kRecs212.3kFans
- 8 After Wrap, I Awakened Superpowers 杀青后，我觉醒了超能力 A savior who can’t act is no good superhuman. If I bankroll a production and rewrite the script, does that make me a scene-stealer? That’s just a father’s love~ After refusing to play along with the entertainment industry’s unspoken rules, Sheng Yixia could no longer find work. He was about to be forced home to inherit a fortune worth billions when, after breaking up with his girlfriend, he awakened a System that let him “draw superpower cards for a role after filming wraps.” From then on, he to 0Votes114.9kRecs292.6kFans
- 9 The Internet Tycoon Kidnapped by an Entertainment System! 互联网大佬，被娱乐系统绑架！ "The System completes its upgrade in Chapter 60 and becomes reward-based. The early setup exists solely to get the protagonist into the industry." [The Domestic Entertainment Rectification System has finished loading. As a first-year student at Beijing Film Academy, you enter the entertainment industry full of hope, but the business is steadily rotting, and it pains you deeply. To turn things around, you resolve to reform domestic entertainment...] [Novice Mission: Build a good relationship wi 12Votes31kRecs252.4kFans
- 10 How Can You Be a Traitor Without Money? 没钱当什么乱臣贼子 (With 20,000 premium subscribers and a top-tier historical novel subscription record) Pei Yuan inherited the post of a hundred-household commander in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He had barely taken office when, while helping capture a band of rebels, he was forced to lose his virginity to a chivalrous woman of the jianghu. He thought he would spend the rest of his life haunted by this humiliating memory, but an important case that soon followed opened up an entirely new world to Commander Pei 983Votes136.6kRecs333.7kFans
- 11 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
- 12 I Am Emperor Taizong of Han 朕乃汉太宗 This is an era that captures the imagination. Dynasties usually fell because they were weak, but the Han fell because it was strong! In the winter of the seventh year of Emperor Gao's reign, a newly awakened soul from a later age arrived. From that moment on, the Han gained its strictest father! Emperor Taizong of Han, Liu Ruyi: “The Han commands authority and trust, rules over all nations, and all beneath the sun and moon are its subjects!” 4Votes34.2kRecs145.9kFans
- 13 I Really Never Wanted to Become a Top Student in the Past 我真没想在过去的年代当学霸 A mediocre college student transmigrates into the impoverished, fervent era. Who would have thought that my family would have an eldest brother, a second brother, a third brother, a fourth and fifth brother, an eldest sister, a second sister, a third and fourth sister, and three to five younger brothers and sisters? There are two or three older uncles in the courtyard, one or two younger uncles, a second aunt and a younger aunt. My father ranks first at slacking off, while my mother ranks first 0Votes143.5kRecs161.1kFans
- 14 A Clan of Immortals Across Two Worlds: Farming and Alchemy 两界仙族从种田炼丹开始 [Over 1,900 average paid subscriptions] [Primarily farming, with alchemy on the side; a slice-of-life focus and little combat] Li Qing, a cultivator of a family clan, activates a fragment of the Heavenly Dimension Gate and begins a journey of transmigration between two worlds. In the world beyond, ordinary plants can produce spirit bugs. These bugs can transform mortal plants into spirit plants, then elevate spirit plants to an even higher level. But they have extremely short lifespans and littl 0Votes21.6kRecs75.9kFans
- 15 EN Iron Throne of Ice and Fire 冰与火之铁王座 A fan fiction of Game of Thrones, a fan fiction of A Song of Ice and Fire. Transmigrate, no harem, no System, no technology tree climbing. Political intrigue, no poison plots, with supporting characters kept as close to their original portrayals as possible. The main storyline avoids a dull, uneventful pace, focusing on satisfying moments with major power trips interspersed. The protagonist's name is: Green Crabb Starting title: Baron of Whispering Castle Family motto: United, We Stand Family co 39Votes86.3kRecs188.8kFans
- 16 EN Master of the Five Thunders: Traversing Two Realms 执掌五雷行两界 An ancestral Five-Thunder Command lets Gu Zhao transmigrate to another world. Daoist arts that he couldn't cultivate or use in the modern world can actually be used there! Doesn't that mean immortality is within reach? Gu Zhao discovers that this world has ghosts and demons, but there are alluring ghosts and gorgeous demons, too! He remembers the most famous spell of the Daoist sect. It seems to be called... 0Votes145.5kRecs302.8kFans
- 17 Livestreaming Blind Dates: My Intelligence Refreshes Without End 直播相亲：我的情报无限刷新 [The only live-streamed matchmaking novel online] Whether you're single, married, or sworn off marriage, this is worth a look. ᕕ( •̀‿•́ )ᕗ Viewer: “Brother Zhang, my match says she's like Steph Curry: loyal to one team for life. But I looked into it and found out she's actually Kevin Durant, having transferred between several teams and always joining the strongest ones. Still, I'm pretty happy with her shooting. Should I keep seeing her?” Zhang Zhe: “Have a medical team assess whether she's 4Votes31.9kRecs173.9kFans
- 18 The Rise of Chinese Showbiz's Grand Slam Best Actor 华娱大满贯影帝的诞生 Everyone says an Actor of the Year trophy is hard to win. You need careful campaigning and public relations, not to mention insider arrangements and influential people behind the scenes. Fine, then let me see just how hard it really is to win. Huh? Haven't I already won it? One, two, three... the Golden Rooster, the Golden Horse, Venice, Cannes... the Golden Globe and the Oscars?! I accidentally achieved the grand slam! 0Votes109.5kRecs523.6kFans
- 19 EN The Most Devoted Lover in Gu Long's World 古龙世界里的第一深情 [A playboy hero! A devoted-love trope! Definitely not a simp!] Wealth, power, fame, being the greatest under heaven... This is the protagonist’s era. But Fang Yunhua would rather sit back and watch the protagonist turn the world upside down. After all, before you can claim glory, you have to bear plenty of hardship. Getting a second chance at life is hard enough. He’d rather indulge in a few more sweet things. His teeth aren’t all that strong, though, so he’ll settle for softer fare too. 144Votes64.9kRecs240.3kFans
- 20 EN Don’t Bother the Dark Arts Scholar When He’s Doing Research 别打扰邪术师搞科研 “Every spell I’ve developed and improved has come from a search for truth and a pursuit of science. You shouldn’t slander a plain, simple scholar like me.” In the first year of the Third Era, the greatest spellcaster in history, inventor of over ten thousand spells, and warlock known as the Forbidden Spell Factory, Jiaxiu, gave this answer when accused of genocide. “Why does your Infinite Healing Spell give its target cancer all over their body? You tell me, aren’t cancerous tumors healing endle 0Votes32.2kRecs153.6kFans
- 21 Sent Back to the Dragon Clan After Winning the Resurrection Match 打赢复活赛后被遣返龙族 Also known as: Lu Mingfei's Return from a Cthulhu Mythos World Lu Mingfei: In my previous life, I was a mage pursuing greatness, but I was betrayed and killed by a treacherous villain (god). My followers turned against me, my subordinates drove me out, and even the entire world collapsed along with me. Now that I've been reborn, I'm going to restart the summoning plan, borrow divine power from even stronger evil gods, and become the strongest evil god myself! Hastur summoning spell, Cthugha summ 22Votes25.9kRecs115.9kFans
- 22 The Only One with Magic: Practicing Arcane Arts in the City 唯我独法：我在都市修奥法 If you learned real magic, what would you do? Fang Yu had just started his sophomore year and never imagined he would end up with a wizard's tower of his own! An urban fantasy novel about being the only one who can use magic and showing off with it. This isn't a city full of magic users, it's a story about one person wielding magic alone! One person wielding magic alone! One person wielding magic alone! 0Votes40.9kRecs147.6kFans
- 23 Chinese Entertainment in 2004 华娱2004 What’s it like to be reborn in 2004 and work as a security guard at a film academy? Jiang Yu says, “I’m serious about making money.” 0Votes37.4kRecs109.4kFans
- 24 Chinese Showbiz: This Art Student Wants to Be a Director 华娱，这个美术生想当导演 [This book has over 7,000 average paid subscribers and is aiming for 8,000] After returning to 2009, Lu Zhiyuan, who had failed to get into art school, received a rudimentary [Director Talent System]. As long as he directed a production and took first place, he could randomly gain one of his rivals' talents! … “Your music video "Maybe" has reached number one on the MTV charts. Congratulations, you've gained [Director Ning's absurdist humor]!” “Your film "Real Steel" has become the month's box-o 0Votes103.9kRecs326.4kFans
- 25 Overthrowing Qin 覆秦 In the final years of the Qin Dynasty, the empire was exhausted. The land was rife with the people’s anguish and resentment, while the remnants of the Six Kingdoms plotted against Qin. At this moment, heroes rose up in rebellion and rallied the people. “The realm has suffered under Qin for too long!” “Strike down the unjust and destroy the tyrannical Qin!” “Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their stations?” 0Votes48.7kRecs153kFans
- 26 1988: Starting with a Vegetable Greenhouse 1988从蔬菜大棚开始 Li Zhe returned to 1988 with the memories and regrets of his past life. In this golden age, he was ready to set out on a new path... 0Votes80.6kRecs191.6kFans
- 27 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
- 28 Literary Titan 1983 文豪1983 (A reborn literary master's story, no System. Every work is interpreted and adapted to fit its era.) Sixty-year-old Yu Qie sat there, gazing fondly at the reflection of his twenty-year-old self in his eyes. Back then, he had just submitted his first novel and was hailed as a rising star in the literary world. Now he was famous throughout the world, the conscience of the late twentieth century and the final pinnacle of human literature. The Akutagawa Prize, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the Kafka 67Votes89.2kRecs202.8kFans
- 29 The Song Dynasty Rogue 大宋泼皮 Good news: I've transmigrated. Bad news: I've transmigrated to the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song dynasty. Good news: I was born with superhuman strength after transmigrating. Bad news: I'm a local hoodlum. To shake off his hoodlum status and earn an official title, Han Zhen decides to take to the mountains, become a bandit king, and wait to be recruited by the court. Yet no matter how long he waits, the court's letter offering amnesty and surrender never comes... Three years late 3Votes73.5kRecs466.2kFans
- 30 Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan 天可汗回忆录 “How should we fight this battle?” “This time, the Heavenly Khan is on our side.” “Then we’ve got this in the bag!” A report from the Chang’an Dance King Association’s working-group discussion 17Votes76.6kRecs198kFans
- 31 At First, I Just Wanted to Make Money 一开始，我只想搞钱 Forget making movies. Making money is what matters! Well, Shen Xudong later realized that making movies was never just about making movies. It was all art! PS: This story is entirely fictional. If it offends anyone, please be generous and let it slide! (Over 8,000 average subscriptions... a career high. Grateful...) 0Votes227.5kRecs287.5kFans
- 32 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
- 33 1994: The Vegetable Farmer's Comeback 1994：菜农逆袭 Vegetable farmer Chen Jiazhi returns to 1994. That year, he is 21. He leaves home for Huacheng and begins his first stint as a vegetable farmer. Then the rookie farmer is hit by one disaster after another: the rainy season rots his crops at the roots, torrential rain wipes out his harvest, typhoons bring floods, heat waves bring drought, and then a cold snap strikes... Now he has a chance to start over. For vegetable farmers, terrible weather is both a disaster and an opportunity. (Farming + Dai 29Votes116.3kRecs174kFans
- 34 The Mage Returns: Speedrunning Earth! 法师归来，速通地球！ Only I Can Use Magic + Cutting-Edge Technology + Corporate Giants + No Dumbed-Down Characters Conquer Silicon Valley in three months, plant the flag in Southeast Asia in three years, and in thirty years send humanity’s fleet toward the planet Kepler-452b. All of it happened simply because Chen Xi returned from studying abroad in a world of mages. 445Votes30kRecs159.7kFans
- 35 More Children, More Blessings: Founding an Immortal Dynasty 多子多福：开创仙朝 After Gui Gang transmigrates into the body of a rogue cultivator with the same name, he receives the more children, more blessings System. From then on, he becomes a faithful cultivator of feudal values. Starting by keeping his head down in a small corner of the world, he goes on to found an immortal dynasty of his own, conquer the cultivation world, and stride straight toward eternal life! After several years of neglect, The Sect Master's Path will continue, but I still need to write a little s 1.8kVotes103.8kRecs91kFans
- 36 The Mage of the Late Qing 清末的法师 The Anti-Newton Azure Armor, the Unbreakable Elven Engraving Knife, the Construction-Site Potion Strength Pill, the Balance Technique That Works on Anything You Look At, the Crucible Imprint That Can Refine Anything, the Eightfold Scope with Its Own Crosshairs, the Devil Crystal Glasses… Turn the pages to obtain equipment, infuriate Empress Dowager Cixi, and terrify the great powers. His allies call him the God of War, while his enemies call him the Butcher of the Far East. From then on, the Bea 0Votes127.3kRecs347.9kFans
- 37 A Great Director from the Cinematography Department 华娱之摄影系大导 They say that in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. Wu Chen, a graduate of the photography department at the Beijing Film Academy, wants to see what kinds of birds there are in the dazzling, bizarre world of cinema. Back in the early 2000s, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" has already become a nationwide hit, and the era of big-budget Chinese-language films has arrived. Wu Chen, the “new generation's top dog” in the Beijing Film Academy's photography department, is just starting out from humble 355Votes187.9kRecs272.9kFans
- 38 This Director Has No Vision 这个导演没有格局 (A veteran author of Chinese entertainment novels, with several acclaimed works. This book has already achieved great success and is now aiming for ten thousand paid subscribers!) Reborn in 2009, Jiang Yifeng stirs up a storm in the entertainment industry. Yet people are always saying he lacks perspective. “Director Jiang, people say you made Old Boys to capitalize on the attention surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. Do you admit it?” “That’s true.” “Others say you criticized Wolf Totem and too 0Votes143kRecs275.3kFans
- 39 EN From Atlas Corporation to Human Empire 从巨神公司到人类帝国 “I am a member of Atlas. I serve Atlas and its clients. I will always put Atlas’s interests first. I am invincible. I will never fall behind in equipment or weapons. I stand ready at all times to eliminate Atlas’s enemies… I am Atlas.” The Oath of Allegiance of an Atlas (Titan) Soldier. Atlas, or the Atlas Corporation, was supposed to be the “villainous faction” in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. But what if it existed in the world of “Homelander,” “Soldier Boy,” and Vought, and i 9Votes72kRecs301.6kFans
- 40 What Does It Matter If My Songs Are Cheesy? I Only Wrote a Few Lines 歌土跟我有什么关系？我才几句词 Good news: I've transmigrated, and I have an Entertainment System. Bad news: I need to bind myself to a girl to activate it. Good news: The binding worked, and I got a duet as a reward. Bad news: Netizens think the song is tacky, and I can't sing. Good news: I only have two lines! The concert begins. Audience: What a diva! Why did that singer bring a bodyguard onstage? The concert is nearing its end. Lin Zhixing puts down his kebabs and joins her onstage for the duet. Audience: Holy crap, the bo 2Votes65.1kRecs716.3kFans
- 41 EN Has He Ascended Yet? 今天他飞升了吗 “Have you ever wanted to take a trip with your family, only to be harassed by demon beasts?” “Have you always treated others kindly, yet found yourself plagued by nightmare creatures?” “Are you worried that terrifying demons might be lurking everywhere in your peaceful life?” “My name is Yue Wen, and I run the Yue Family Cultivation Services Agency. If you’re facing any of these problems, feel free to contact me anytime.” “Our agency is committed to offering great value and eliminating evil down 2.3kVotes260.7kRecs793.5kFans
- 42 Reborn in 1997: Solving Cold Cases at the City Bureau 重生97，我在市局破悬案 Police records clerk Zhou Yi is reborn in 1997, back when he had just joined the police force. Dismemberment cases, arson cases, shootings... The files on all those cold cases he had pored over out of boredom in his previous life now come back to him one by one. Perhaps this time, he’ll get the chance to solve those cases and bring every crafty killer who escaped justice to face the law! 1.4kVotes211.1kRecs660.2kFans
- 43 Reborn in 1993 重生从1993开始 Having returned to 1993, Li Dongling is ready to start a new life. This time around, he’s determined to live well and do what he wants. I’m Li Dongling, and this is my 1993! 461Votes260.7kRecs492.4kFans
- 44 No Love Letters in the Exorcist's Notebook 驱魔笔记中不许夹带情书 Guns and cannons suppress all gods, demons, monsters, and ghosts; flesh and blood forge a wall across the multiverse! In Year Two of the Ming Kingdom, Tianmen City is struggling to rebuild after the war. Chaos is everywhere, and evil spirits run rampant. Poor children learn to fend for themselves early. Poor soldiers have to learn to earn their own spending money. My name is Wang Yunxiao, a field agent with the Special Affairs Bureau. I’m responsible for dealing with all kinds of monsters and ev 6Votes68.4kRecs183kFans
- 45 EN Doomsday America 末日美利坚 “No System, no supernatural powers, no saintly do-gooder.” Serious version: It takes at least tens of thousands of years for beasts to evolve into humans. But how long does it take for humans to devolve into beasts? A year? Let's find out. Then the zombie crisis erupted, and civilization's order collapsed completely. And so, civilization left us behind. The dead walk among us. Comedy version: A zombie crisis has broken out in America? A cause for nationwide celebration! This is fantastic news! 94Votes49.2kRecs161.3kFans
- 46 The Heretic’s Path to Godhood Begins with American Horror 左道成神从美恐开始 The people of North America are suffering terribly. Murder cases and paranormal incidents are cropping up everywhere, and they urgently need a firm fist of justice! The American Horror Story witches are shameless, an adorable girl turns out to be an evil child, mutants and cannibals run wild, Annabelle unleashes terror through dolls, Freddy awaits you in your dreams, a nun brings forth the great demon Valak, and the Warrens do everything they can but still can’t stop Constantine from courting di 3Votes81kRecs327.4kFans
- 47 From Knockoff Golf Carts to Industrial Hegemon 从山寨老头乐，到工业霸主 (An industrial novel about automotive technology and supply chains, with a late-game explosion of cutting-edge tech) Xu Yi woke up reborn in 2015. It was an era of industrial transformation and the explosive rise of new energy. He took over an obscure car company that had been obsolete from the moment it started, and went against the tide as domestic automakers struggled and industry underwent a seismic shift! Staring at the cheat ability that had suddenly appeared, Xu Yi fell into deep thought. 3Votes155.1kRecs372.4kFans
- 48 America: Starting with Daily Intelligence 美利坚：从每日情报开始 I opened my eyes on the West Coast, where the air was free, and became an urban explorer. I had no dog, no ID, not even a tent. Luckily, I got a Daily Intel System and made plenty of like-minded friends. [Daily Intel: There are lots of recyclable cans and clear drink bottles in the green dumpster in the alley by 134 Wapson Street.] [Daily Intel: The red trash can at 96 Aitou Street contains a half-eaten hamburger, seven flowers, and an unopened bottle of Pinot Noir.] [Daily Intel: Your good neig 0Votes49.2kRecs230.5kFans
- 49 1997: Crime Chasers 1997：罪案追凶 Summer 1997. Torrential rain! A dismembered body! A murderer! Yang Jinwen is reborn in 1997. Faced with the torrential rain and the dismembered body of a woman in the reed marshes from more than twenty years ago, he is determined to catch the killer! 2kVotes202.5kRecs550.8kFans
- 50 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
