After She Died, President Lu Went Mad with Grief, Weeping at Her Tombstone

I Found a Really Good Book Today.

I want books like Know No Evils: The Poor Scholar Really Is Poor.

The Male Lead Treats the Female Lead Like a Plaything in Public but Loves Her to the Bone

Any short HE stories where the male lead acts like the heroine is just a plaything, but is actually deeply in love with her and gets jealous on the sly?

Looking for Heartbreaking Novels That Are Both Angsty and Good, Preferably Completed

I'm getting older, and I'm worried that if I don't read some angst-filled stories, I'll end up senile! Please recommend some good ones, preferably long novels!

The Kind of Angst That Keeps You Up at Night! It Has to Make You Cry Your Eyes Out!

I don't know what's gotten into me lately, but I just love reading angsty stories. I used to be really into rebirth stories, but now I'm obsessed with angst!!! I'm completely addicted!!!!!!!!!

Childhood Sweethearts Hurt Each Other, Then Reunite After Years Apart, Happy Ending

Childhood sweetheart hurts her, they reunite after a long separation, happy ending.

The Male Lead Lost the Girl Whose Eyes Held Only Him

One Female Lead and Multiple Male Leads

Multiple male leads, just one female lead.

I Want to Make Them Suffer!!!

I'm hard to make cry, so recommend me some lesser-known tearjerkers. Short stories, please. (Suddenly in the mood for angst.)

Are There Any Stories Where the Male Lead Takes the Female Lead by Force Right from the Beginning?

Looking for books similar to "Share a Bed in Life, Share a Grave in Death: I Can't Escape Being Taken as His Wife". Please, nothing that starts with a flashback.

Angsty Stories With a Sweet, Quiet Female Lead

Angst.

Reunited After Years Apart, with a Painful Opening

Reunions after years apart are always so angsty at the beginning.

Short Tragedies That’ll Make You Cry!

The male lead hurts the female lead for the sake of his white moonlight, and she never forgives him in the end.

The Heroine Is Easygoing, and the Male Lead Grovels at the Highest Level to Win Her Back

The female lead isn't a naive sweetheart.

My Secret Collection of Tearjerkers, So Heartbreaking I Can't Bear to Read Them Twice

Anyone who clicks in won't be disappointed. Leave your reading lists here so we can recommend books to each other.

Sophisticated Angst with Smart Characters and a Logical Plot

Looking for books similar to Palace Wall Willow. It doesn’t have to be the kind where the male and female leads must fight to the death, with one of them inevitably dying. There can be national hatred and family feuds separating them, or a divide between righteousness and evil. The story should be logical and reflect the thinking of normal people.

I Really Love Angsty, Bitter, Broken-Then-Reunited Romance Stories

The Heroine Is Pregnant from the Start, and the Male Lead Knows the Baby Is His

Sweet, doting, and short.

Angst Novels with Extreme, Brutal Suffering!

He Gets Close to the Heroine Just for Fun, Then Falls for Her, and She Leaves Heartbroken

Books That Break Your Heart and Leave You in Tears

Novels so heartbreaking that you don't have the courage to read them a second time.

Torturing Your Wife Feels Great Until You Have to Win Her Back. Which Pursuit-of-the-Wife Plot Stuck With You Most?

The male lead's aloof, affected behavior is satisfying for a moment, but the long road of face-slapping and pursuing his wife awaits. Is there any trope more satisfying than torturing the female lead first, only for him to be tortured in return? Come tell me about the pursuit scenes that left the deepest impression on you.

Looking for Tragedies, but Not the Idiotic Kind. Keep the Characters’ Values Straight

I don't want angst for the sake of angst. I like stories with sound values that are relatively realistic. Historical or modern settings are both fine, something like He Is in Yunnan and One and Only. My eyes are already swollen from crying...

The Heroine Pursues the Hero at First, Then Gets Tired of It, and He Has to Win Her Back

Please recommend novels where the female lead pursues the male lead at first, but eventually gets tired and stops, and then he has to grovel to win her back.

Marriage First, Love Later: The Male Lead Dislikes the Female Lead at First and Is Cold, While She Keeps Her Distance

At first, the male lead dislikes the female lead, but he never hurts her. Later, he stops disliking her. When she falls for him, he hasn't figured out his own feelings yet. The female lead is great, too. Later, she starts keeping her distance, just as the male lead falls for her. Any recommendations?