Novels like 1979: The Golden Age
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as 1979: The Golden Age, best match first.
- 51 Tokyo: How I, a China Enthusiast, Became a King of Japanese Entertainment 东京：崇华的我竟成了日娱之王 (Don’t know anything about Japanese entertainment? No problem! This book is made for readers who love a bit of gossip!) After transmigrating to Tokyo, he finds himself at the end of the Heisei era. He missed out on all the boom years, but can’t escape any of the Reiwa era’s downsides. Knowing exactly how much Reiwa-era shut-ins are willing to spend, Sakurada Jun decides to latch onto a fellow countryman. As a friend of the University of Tokyo, he’s determined to make a living off that connection 3.4kVotes109kRecs413.3kFans
- 52 I’m a Lord in India 我在印度当老爷 From the fertile, talent-rich state of Uttar Pradesh to the city of Mumbai, where demons run amok, this wondrous subcontinent is all the promised land of Ron Suer! 0Votes93.8kRecs305.9kFans
- 53 You Call This Entrepreneurship? 你管这叫创业？ Qin Shaoyan, social media mogul, marketing expert, award-winning game producer, and investment guru, spoke to the press in a fury: “Recently, some people in venture capital and the internet industry have been spreading rumors and slandering me behind my back, calling me a master of empty promises, a master con artist, an expert at passing the buck, and a man with no business ethics…” “I’d like to set the record straight: I’m not a con artist.” “I’ve just been a little flexible with my startup me 0Votes75.2kRecs239.6kFans
- 54 The Reborn Me Has Big Ambitions 重生的我超有追求 “Grandpa, I'm not going to college. I'd rather find a job sooner.” “How can you just stop studying? You need to have ambition. A college degree gives you the chance to earn a doctorate, and that opens up greater possibilities for your career...” “Grandpa, I don't have any grand ambitions. I just want to start working and earning money sooner.” My name is Zhang Daxiang. I'm reborn, and now my grandfather wants me to start a new branch of the family tree... 619Votes165.3kRecs226.5kFans
- 55 This Star’s Career Took Off After His Scandal 这个明星塌房后业绩更强了 I transmigrated to a parallel-world Blue Star, and the top-tier star I was became a disgraced celebrity? I awakened a System, and it has a performance-boosting card item that directly increases my numbers when I use it? The fans: “Heh, good riddance to that scumbag. Someone like him deserves to fade into obscurity!” “Wait, how did that scumbag's album sell over nine million copies? Are you people nuts? You unfollowed him and still bought his album?” “Hold on, that scumbag's online shop is sellin 395Votes121.5kRecs560.2kFans
- 56 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
- 57 Ultimate Firepower 终极火力 The world isn't just the familiar place ordinary people know. There is also an underworld that most people will never encounter. Government agents deal with trouble in secret, while assassins hired by financial conglomerates settle problems behind closed doors. There are assassins, mercenaries, arms dealers, and agents. There is a dark web that connects this world, and financial conglomerates trying to control everything with money. Gao Yi barges into the underworld and carves out his own domain 8Votes735.5kRecs732.8kFans
- 58 EN Rebirth in 1981: Hunting and Fishing in the Northwest 重生八一渔猎西北 Li Long, carrying many regrets from his previous life, was reborn in 1981. That year, the land hadn't yet been divided among the households. He was still unmarried, his older brother hadn't died in a fall because of him, his sister-in-law didn't yet despise him, and his nephew and niece were growing up healthy. The root cause of all the troubles that would plague the future hadn't happened yet. There was still 96Votes552.9kRecs1.6MFans
- 59 Working as a Cop in Mexico 混在墨西哥当警察 The four surest ways to get yourself killed: Become a police officer in Mexico! Here, absolute justice gets you shot. BIU BIU BIU. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a prison guard and discovers he can see a person’s criminality score! The only way to uphold justice is to outgun the criminals! This prison is called the “Highland Prison”! It has the highest security rating in Mexico. And one man is currently locked inside. His name is Gallardo, nicknamed the Godfather, one of the foun 6Votes215.3kRecs494.8kFans
- 60 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 61 A Survival Guide to the Warring States 战国生存指南 How can you survive after transmigrating to Japan at the end of the Muromachi period? It’s a huge challenge! Now, Yuan Ye has to do his best to stay alive in this extremely difficult challenge! 5Votes235kRecs177.5kFans
- 62 The Entertainment World's Intel King 华娱情报王 Yan Li, a graduate of the vocational program for the Class of 2000 at Beijing Film Academy, gets the golden finger [Daily Intelligence System] and becomes the entertainment industry’s king of insider information. What? The cast of The Heroes of Sui and Tang is holding auditions for Yuwen Chengdu. That role seems perfect for me. What? The brand’s minimum endorsement rate is three million a year. Damn, my agent quoted too low. Hurry and raise the price. What? A female star plans to use a pinhole c 695Votes444kRecs548.1kFans
- 63 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
- 64 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. 3.4kVotes298.2kRecs571kFans
- 65 EN My Post-Divorce Comeback System Arrived Before My College Entrance Exams 刚准备高考，离婚逆袭系统来了 [A 35,000-word campus romance about everyday life] He’s a high school senior, but his Divorce and Comeback System arrived twenty years too early. [At thirty-eight, your marriage has failed. Standing at the crossroads of middle age, you think back to your childhood sweetheart. After you got married, the two of you lost touch, and you never heard from her again. Reconnect with Xu Qianqian. Reward: RMB 300.] Eighteen-year-old Jiang Nian looked at the System mission on his screen, then at Xu Qianqia 987Votes799.8kRecs2MFans
- 66 I Am the Gunslinger! 我，枪神！ Gao Fei has failed at many things. His family's factory went bankrupt, leaving him with debts instead of an inheritance. He delivered takeout and drove for a rideshare service. Eventually, with no other choice, he went to Russia to collect a debt, only to be forced into the Russia-Ukraine war. Everyone has a stage that's right for them. Gao Fei found his on the battlefield. Becoming a mercenary was the beginning of his success. He fights his way through the Russia-Ukraine war, takes on drug cart 2.7kVotes563.1kRecs921.5kFans
- 67 Literary Giant, 1978 文豪1978 After transmigrating to 1978, Lin Chaoyang had planned to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker, making up for all the hard work of his previous life. But before he could put his plan into action, the educated youth who had married him, gotten into university, then disappeared for half a year without a word, suddenly showed up at the production team. “Chaoyang, come to Yanjing with me!” the young woman said. His business venture hadn’t even gotten off the ground, and he was already living off 23Votes562.4kRecs1.7MFans
- 68 Starting from That Korean City 从那座韩城开始 “Live in this apartment.” “Wear this watch.” “Take this card.” “I told you, I’ll support you.” Lin Yi looked at Yoona’s overbearing demeanor before him and smiled. Just then, laughter came from behind him. “Oppa, when are you going to do something bad? Take me with you.” He turned around and saw a lovely girl standing in the sunlight, smiling sweetly, radiant and captivating. 5Votes249.2kRecs188.8kFans
- 69 EN The Immortal Lord of Fortune! 人间太岁神！ On my first day after transmigrating, I awakened a cheat: my comprehension and constitution could grow without limit. A casual swing of one arm could unleash a force of a thousand catties. One month after transmigrating, I could take on a hundred men. Wherever I wielded my blade, I could cut down my foes in the middle of a crowded street. Three months after transmigrating, I could lock onto enemies within a hundred zhang and mow them down with my aura. I was an army unto myself. Six months after 269Votes113.2kRecs334.3kFans
- 70 EN Martial Saint! 武圣！ Mysteries and the supernatural have never left this world. Those who break the shackles of life with bodies tempered through a thousand trials and an indomitable will, pursuing the limits of humanity in modern cities, are known as martial artists! Beneath neon lights, blades clash. Atop towering skyscrapers, fists meet in friendship. Across the great mountains, heroes debate the Dao. Here, martial arts masters who have broken the “seven limits of the human body” carve out names like those of god 27Votes278.4kRecs927.5kFans
- 71 The Most Ruthless Man in the Apocalypse 末世第一狠人 [At 4 million words: 44,500 premium subscribers and 7,000 average subscribers. The story is complete. Dive in without worry, it won't be abandoned!] The zombie virus breaks out overnight, bringing the world to ruin and shattering human civilization. As a survivor, all you want is to stay alive! Question: How can you survive the apocalypse? Answer: First, you have to be ruthless! [Not reborn] [Light System] [Zombies] [Apocalyptic survival] [Decisive and ruthless] [No saintly protagonist] 275Votes174kRecs952.9kFans
- 72 EN The Crown Prince of France 我在法兰西当王太子 Welcome to check out the completed novel, My Lady, Please Stay! [Over 16,000 top-tier subscribers] [An alternate-history power fantasy, with the setting kept as close to the original timeline as possible] I’m in France, just arrived at Versailles, and I’m the crown prince. The only problem is that my father is Louis XVI, and he’ll be executed in a few years... Since neither my father nor the ministers can be relied on, I’ll just have to set France in order myself! First, I’ll make a little money 134Votes125.4kRecs257.2kFans
- 73 Artist of a New Era 新时代艺术家 (The early part of this book is a standard entertainment-industry story, but it really takes off in the middle and later chapters. It started with 400 paid subscribers and grew to over 6,000 average subscribers, with 2,000 still following the latest updates. I hope you'll be patient. You can also jump straight to Chapter 113, which lays out the author's historical perspective and the tone of the book.) Shen Santong, born in 1984, the king of cinema. He forges box-office hits into epic tales, mak 7Votes98.1kRecs297.2kFans
- 74 EN 1984: Starting with a Sichuan Restaurant 1984：从川菜馆开始 Also known as Sichuan Flavors, Human Life [Period piece, food, everyday life, farming] Food blogger Zhou Yan is reborn in 1984. From the start, he takes over a bankrupt Sichuan restaurant. In this era of scarce supplies, he'll give diners a taste of truly exceptional food! Qiaojiao beef, couple's lung slices, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, rabbit cooked in boiling water... Stir-fried, seared, braised, steamed, deep-fried, boiled, marinated, smoked... Sichuan cuisine has a hundred flavors, with 11.3kVotes718.8kRecs1MFans
- 75 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
- 76 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
- 77 EN Cultivating Immortality Across a Hundred Lifetimes 百世修长生 Meng Yuan transmigrated and gained the power to reincarnate a hundred times, starting over after every death. After five lifetimes, Meng Yuan finally found a path to immortality. Refine the heart in the mortal world, attain the Dao over a hundred lifetimes. (Not a simulation story) 862Votes40.2kRecs212.4kFans
- 78 Edge of Doomsday 末日边缘 “My name is Yu Dong. I’m reborn, and every time I die, I return to seven days before the apocalypse begins.” “In my previous life, I met a girl named Liu Yeye. We supported each other through the apocalypse for a long time and even had an adorable child, but in the end, our whole family died in a zombie horde...” “So after I was reborn this time, I found my child’s mother. To gain her trust, I told her home address, the layout of her bedroom, what her wardrobe was made of, how every pair of her 839Votes111.2kRecs624.3kFans
- 79 I'm Not a Literary Giant 我不是文豪 (This is not a copycat novel. No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, and no golden finger.) Many years later, when Wang Zixu stood at the Nobel Prize in Literature ceremony, he would remember that distant afternoon when his wife cut her hand. Back then, he was a clerk at a public institution in a small city. He had little money, and the literary world was a door he could find no way into. Now, he was the literary world's undisputed leading figure across the lands of three rivers, four lakes, 271Votes149.6kRecs183.3kFans
- 80 Literary Giant 1879: Lone in France 文豪1879：独行法兰西 Victor Hugo: “You all call me ‘the conscience of France,’ but right now it’s beating in Lionel’s chest!” Émile Zola: “‘Naturalism’ or ‘Realism’? No, only Lionel’s ‘Modernism’ belongs to the twentieth century!” Gustave Flaubert: “Maupassant is my finest student. Lionel is my kindred spirit.” Guy de Maupassant: “Lionel’s only flaw is that he hasn’t contracted the noble, virile disease of syphilis.” Anton Chekhov: “What else do we need in this life besides sunshine, air, water, and laughter? Why, L 1.1kVotes127.1kRecs337.9kFans
- 81 The Infinite Cosmic Cafeteria 宇宙无限食堂 [Planar Exploration]+ [Business Management]+ [Urban Legends]+ [Comedy]+ [Roguelike]+ [Surrounded by Beautiful Women] Tang Rijie, a famous sharp-tongued food critic, had already wolfed down three big bowls of rice. Sweating profusely, he still stubbornly insisted, “I admit every dish in your restaurant is delicious, perfect in color, aroma, and taste. But I have to say, I couldn’t taste a soul in any of them! And the soul is what makes or breaks a dish!” Ma Lu didn’t bat an eye. “You want a soul? 0Votes167.2kRecs362.6kFans
- 82 I Became a Movie Emperor, and Only Then Did the System Finish Loading 成影帝了，系统才加载完 He got the Superstar System and eagerly jumped into the entertainment industry, only for the System to take ten years to finish loading. [Reward: 6.3 million shares of Penguin stock] [Reward: 2 million shares of Moutai stock] [Reward: 3.71 million shares of Huayi stock] [Reward: 300,000 shares of Apple stock] [Reward: a special-effects company] [Reward: one supernaturally protected Santana 2000, which can prevent damage in three car crashes] Qi Hao initially thought he was working for the System 1Votes199.7kRecs243.1kFans
- 83 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
- 84 The Age of Cinema 电影的时代 In the summer of 2000, Tang Yan graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and plunged headfirst into the desolate film industry, an era that belonged to cinema. 0Votes119.5kRecs175.1kFans
- 85 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 86 This Isn't Entertainment 这不是娱乐 Just burn it all down. I'm tired! 0Votes487.4kRecs335.4kFans
- 87 Game Development: Starting with a Reboot of an Anime Game 游戏制作：从重铸二次元游戏开始 2015: an era when even pigs could take flight. That year, the anime game boom began as a tiny ripple. Over the next few years, familiar names like Honkai Impact 3rd, Arknights, Azur Lane, and Punishing: Gray Raven would rise alongside a wave of new companies and take their places on the stage of history. That year, China's single-player games were still stumbling forward in confusion, huddled in the fading afterglow of The Legend of Sword and Fairy and Gujian, desperately waiting for someone to 129Votes67.4kRecs182.3kFans
- 88 The Gods and Buddhas Are Actually Me 神佛竟是我自己 Transmigrated into a world of ghosts and strange tales, he visualizes the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. The Portrait of Zhong Kui Devouring Demons: I devour three hundred million evil spirits a day. Even the King of Hell bows his head when he sees me! The Portrait of Wang Lingguan Guarding the Celestial Palace: With three eyes, I see all the world’s affairs; with a single lash of my whip, I awaken the people! The P 0Votes131.3kRecs927kFans
- 89 Surging Waves at Sunset 惊涛落日 Wang Yi transmigrated. The moment he looked up, he saw the bright red Rising Sun emblem on a plane passing overhead. The rage in his blood was awakened. He didn't know whose body he had transmigrated into, where he was, or even what kind of cheat ability he had. He only knew he was going to slaughter them all. “You damn bastards can keep your ‘seven lives for the country’ and your Kudan-zaka! I'll blow Kudan-zaka and every toilet on it sky-high!” (“Seven lives for the country” was the Japanese i 0Votes511.5kRecs572.7kFans
- 90 Who Says This Top Streamer Is Crazy! This Top Streamer Is Amazing! 谁说这顶流癫！这顶流太棒了！ [You're in the entertainment industry. If you had the chance to speak your mind without holding back, what would you do?] One day, Chi Ye, a second-tier young actor in the Chinese entertainment industry, wakes up and sees these words before him. He falls into deep thought. What would he do? Born a master of sarcasm and a sharp-tongued critic, he decides to unleash his true nature! Before long, everyone in the industry is saying that Chi Ye has gone crazy. On a certain low-key variety show, an in 0Votes126.3kRecs460.5kFans
- 91 EN Reborn 99 Days Before the College Entrance Exam 重生高考前99天 Chen Zhe, a provincial civil servant, unexpectedly returns to the year he was in his final year of high school. Once a wooden, shy student who blushed whenever he spoke to a girl and knew nothing but studying, he suddenly becomes adept at handling people and situations, always saying and doing just the right thing. Not only does he change the course of his life, he also draws more and more attention from girls. Girl: Chen Zhe, what are your strong points? Chen Zhe: I’m honest, and I don’t talk m 4.3kVotes2.7MRecs4.6MFans
- 92 This Movie Emperor Only Wants to Earn Certificates 这个影帝只想考证 After awakening the Attribute-Absorbing System, he becomes an attribute-absorbing maniac in the entertainment industry, with a chance to absorb attributes from other people. But the attributes he absorbs have to be stored in the corresponding certificates, so Hao Yun has no choice but to embark on a frantic quest to earn certifications. He’s either taking an exam or on his way to take one! Reporter: I hear you’ve earned over a hundred certificates. You’re the star with the most certificates in t 29Votes624.1kRecs792.6kFans
- 93 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 94 EN Super Sorcerer: The Weave Crashes Again from the Start 超魔术士：开局魔网又崩了 [Dungeons & Dragons] [Faerun] [High Magic] [Adventure] Anse accidentally transmigrates to Toril, and the Goddess of Magic has run into trouble yet again! Has the Spellplague struck again?! When the claws of the Underdark tear through the night over Baldur's Gate, the never-quiet Faerun erupts into chaos. But this is only the beginning. Elements include: Dungeons & Dragons, the Weave, dragon-blood sorcerers, wizards, leveling up, twenty-sided dice, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter, the Underdar 196Votes116.2kRecs378.1kFans
- 95 Reborn in 2008: The Gear-Type God of War 重生08：装备系男神 Zhai Da is reborn in 2008, back at a high school in a small town, and awakens the [Life Equipment System]. Powerful emotions, obsessions, and states of mind can seep into objects. Zhai Da can imbue special items with life and turn them into equipment for his own use. Best of all, equipment can be combined over and over again! Its rarity can be increased, and eventually he can even collect a [Set]. [Old Man's Television]: The shows it plays are addictive? Zhai Da whips out study materials instead 0Votes269.9kRecs477.3kFans
- 96 EN Me, a Best Actor! 我，影帝！ The road to stardom for a PE teacher! There’s absolutely no way I’m going into adult entertainment. Not in this lifetime! Shen Qi loses his job as a PE teacher and refuses to enter the industry, only to end up as an extra in Hengdian. He wants nothing more than to earn money while keeping his clothes on! By chance, he gets his hands on a “spellbook.” He can record the “skills” he sees in the spellbook, then use them whenever he needs to. The spellbook contains another world, where he can find cl 1.9kVotes158.3kRecs307kFans
- 97 The Imperial Court's Eight-Hour-Shift Hounds 八小时工作制的朝廷鹰犬 “It's you!” The martial arts expert who stepped into the inn turned pale with shock, then went ashen. “I never thought I'd end up in the hands of a lackey of the imperial court like you!” Li Miao picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, and waved a hand. “I don't have time for you. I'm off the clock. Even a lackey of the imperial court deserves a personal life, you know.” “I only work eight hours a day.” 5Votes125.4kRecs893.2kFans
- 98 Cyber Nezha 电子哪吒 I’m a fruit seller in my forties. One day, I got a call from my son’s teacher. She said my son, Liu Zhenhua, whose grades had always been perfectly average, had deliberately held back on his midterm exams. This was Liu Zhenhua’s excuse: “Dad, I’m a super AI from the future, codename Electronic Nezha. My mission is to save Earth.” Well, the kid certainly has an imagination. Like all of you, I didn’t believe him! Then... well, what happened next... Sigh, I can’t explain it in a sentence or two. Cl 79Votes363.8kRecs162.2kFans
- 99 EN Decree of the Immortal Official 仙官有令 A dynasty spanning a thousand years has enshrined countless immortals. The imperial court is filled with ministers of immense talent. Across the vast martial world, heroes possess the lofty spirit to reach the heavens. The land of Jiuzhou is caught in a turbulent time. Beneath the prosperous age, hidden currents surge like the sea, while gods, ghosts, demons, and monsters loom above. The three teachings and the mysterious sects descend into the mortal world in the guise of immortal officials 17Votes254.7kRecs730kFans
- 100 Rising Above the Rivers and Mountains 扶摇河山 [Ten Thousand Subscriptions] [Dream of the Red Chamber] [Alternate History] Reborn as an illegitimate son of a noble family, he rises from humble beginnings through hardship and makes his way to the top. Time and space fall into chaos, and history branches into an obscure new path; Countless heroes and great figures who once made their mark on history are buried in the dust of time; A new realm rises from the ashes, its road stretching skyward as the old order is swept away; What of fated love a 407Votes234.9kRecs484.3kFans
