The Female Emperor of Great Zhao

Seeking High-Quality Historical Romance, No Transmigration, Rebirth, or System

I like food, palace intrigue, the imperial examinations, political schemes, and crime-solving. On Tomato, I’ve read The Strongest Female Grand Secretary Rises Against the Odds; for palace intrigue, Zhaohua Weiyang, Palace Willows, and Deep Palace Strategy: The Tale of Qingzhi; for food, Chang’an Snack Shop (I can’t remember if it was on Tomato).

High-Quality Stories with a Ruthless, Decisive, Highly Intelligent Protagonist Who Isn't a Goody-Two-Shoes

Anything involving a System, cultivation, online games, city life, or transmigration is fine.

Looking for Historical Court-Intrigue Novels With Brilliant Schemes and Elegant Prose

Looking for books like *She Wants to Take It Easy, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel (Ascending to the Golden Palace).*

Looking for Well-Written Political Intrigue Novels

I want a smart female lead with a high status who knows when to keep a low profile or conceal her abilities 🙈 No scummy fathers and stepmothers, or concubine half-sisters constantly causing petty trouble in the household. No sweet romance, just a pure historical power struggle 🤗

High-Quality Completed Stories

Looking for a Powerful Female Lead Like Lü Songli: Cunning and in Control of the Grand Scheme

Looking for books similar to After the Arranged Marriage, the Cannon-Fodder Original Wife and the Young General Get a Happy Ending. The main plot should involve intelligent power struggles, or quietly developing and expanding one’s own forces. Either is fine. In short, keep the romance to a minimum, or preferably leave it out entirely. Please avoid Mary Sue characters and contrived melodrama.

Are There Really No Better Female Leads Than Lü Songli, Xu Yue, and the Others?

Looking for books like "With the Worthy Minister System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times". The female lead is talented, self-reliant, determined, and knows her own mind. She doesn't lose herself in romance and has ambitions. I'll read any genre, whether it's modern, cultivation, or has a System.

Alternate History, Political Scheming, and Struggles for Supremacy!

Traditional historical fiction. No System, no transmigration, and no plagiarizing ancient poetry!

Tomato's Four Most Unruly Heroines!!!

Looking for High-Quality Novels with Great Writing That Keep You Hooked

Looking for high-quality novels with great writing that get more and more addictive as you read.

Power Plays, Scheming, and Brainy Strategists

Become my pawn once again. I will win this game, even if the gods themselves stand in my way. I will beat them by half a move.

Looking for Satisfying Stories with a No-Nonsense Heroine Who Does Whatever She Wants, Preferably One Who Kills

Preferably, the protagonist has no compassion, is selfish, and is a lunatic! I don't want too much romance.

Stories with Fresh Plotlines and a Good Moral Compass

It can have a romance pairing or not. I want something that doesn’t follow the same old formulas people have been writing for years, but instead brings something fresh. No brainless, illogical comedy, and no mindless romance driven by hormones. Also, no protagonist with tons of Systems and golden fingers who is extremely...

No Power Fantasies or Mindless Stories: Something Substantial and Not Cringey

After reading a few books that really make you think, I can't get into brainless stories anymore. It's frustrating. (No heroine, or just one heroine, but don't demean women, or I really can't stand it.)

Looking for Clever Books Full of Strategic Scheming and Mind Games

Political Intrigue and a Big-Picture Female Lead!!!

I want a female-led story with a grand scope. A male lead is fine, too. Please, I’ve run out of books to read. It needs to be well written!

Why Does Nobody Write Female-Oriented National Destiny Stories?

Looking for books like "The Doomsday Contrast Group: The Big Shot Uses Every Elemental Power to Protect Huaxia". It was written well, but somehow it doesn't feel as powerful as a male-oriented novel. I don't get it. I want a strong female lead, but female-oriented novels these days all have to include romance. I don't understand.

Empress! Empress! Empress!

Any Stories Where the Heroine Transmigrated Many Years Ago?

Historical romance. The female lead transmigrated here many years ago and has already built up her own power base. Both leads are strong. Please, please!

Empress, Empress, Empress: Three Times for Emphasis!

Stories about an empress.

Palace and Household Intrigue with Smart Characters! Rated 9.5 or Higher!

Looking for something like Zhaohua's Chaos. Rated 9.5 or higher! The female lead should be a concubine's daughter who gradually rises from a low rank, or works her way up in the prince's household. She should be clear-headed, have no love for the emperor or prince, be ambitious, ruthless, and quick to avenge herself. And she has to be smart, smart, smart! She pretends to be a pushover and then...

Any Stories Where the Female Lead Is an Emperor?

He's the emperor.

Any Lone-Wolf Stories? Female-Oriented, No Romance

The female protagonist is completely alone, with no family and no partner. She can get along with other people, but has no teammates and always moves forward alone. Any genre is fine, such as survival, infinite-flow, or apocalypse stories, like that one about the split personality.

The Female Lead Is Incredibly Strong, and No One Can Hold Her Back

The heroine is incredibly strong and capable, while the male lead can be either wolfish or sweet.