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Trade Books You’ve Read for Ages and Don’t Want to Delete

High Intelligence, Cunning Plans, Masterful Schemes, Treating the World Like a Chessboard

Looking for a novel with a protagonist like Murong Li from The Legend of Qin: someone who treats the world as a chessboard and all living beings as pieces, plans everything out, and plays life like a game, but is willing to become a piece on the board himself when necessary.

In a Reading Slump With High Standards, Preferably Ancient Romance, Thank You 😊

I have high standards and don't like melodramatic plots. I'm looking for an ancient-era romance. Please avoid the trope where the male lead chases his wife after losing her.

🌟🌟🌟 A Masterpiece You Can Read Hundreds of Times and Still Not Get Enough Of

Every book here is a gem, carefully handpicked, and good enough to read over and over again.

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!

Looking for Clever Books Full of Strategic Scheming and Mind Games

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 🤗

Any Stories With a Scheming, Calculating, Coolheaded Female Lead?

Any stories with a female lead who's skilled at political intrigue, extremely calculating, and calm and collected?

Any Novels with a Brilliant Female Lead Who Excels at Power Plays and Scheming?

Historical Romance Like Cherishing the Flowers, Modern-Era Stories Like Xia Xiaolan! I'm Out of Books!

Gorgeous Reborn Historical Romance Novels, Absolutely Amazing!!!!

Strong Female Lead and Political Scheming! No One Acts Like an Idiot!

I don’t want a female lead disguised as a man! She should be unbelievably clever or have maxed-out combat skills. She could be a princess, a martial artist, or anything else. She shouldn’t rely on the male lead’s help. Using her own strength as a woman, she turns the situation upside down. The process can be difficult, but in the end she should achieve her ideals.

Noble Daughters of Great Clans, Born to High Status

Fewer scheming green tea types and white lotuses. It’s fine if side characters are reborn or transmigrate, but I’d prefer the female lead to be a native of that world.

Rebirth, Revenge, Satisfying Read, Female Lead

A Powerful Minister's Daughter: Brilliant, Ruthless, and Cunning

The heroine's father or family should be a powerful minister, feared by the emperor. I don't care whether he's a loyal minister or a treacherous one. I don't want petty household squabbles over wives, concubines, and children. I want a ruthless ambition to seize power for the family. And a powerful minister's daughter should act like one: skilled at plotting for power and wielding it.

Looking for a Story Where She Is Demoted to Concubine on Her Wedding Night

The Ultimate Palace Intrigue Heroines

I once read a palace intrigue novel where the female lead was a neglected concubine's daughter. To change her situation, she planned to perform a dance associated with the current crown prince's mother at someone's birthday celebration. But the emperor took a liking to her, and she schemed her way into becoming his most cherished favorite. What was this book called?

Looking for High-Quality Political Intrigue with a Powerful Female Lead

Looking for high-quality stories with strong female leads, focused on power struggles. The male lead can be strong or not, as long as he doesn't hold her back.

Reborn Female Lead Revenge Stories

The reborn female lead takes down scumbags. So satisfying!

Any Stories Where the Hero Gets Revenge on the Spot? No Goody-Two-Shoes, Just Satisfying, Decisive Payback

Looking for books similar to Yao Nü Chang Le.

Unhinged Historical Romance

Any well-written stories about a crazy, unhinged character, preferably historical romance, similar to I Will Not Pity a Demon? Something by Teng Luo Wei Zhi, perhaps. It absolutely has to be well written, with solid logic too 😭

Palace Intrigue, Gradually Falling Into Ruin, Spoiled Exclusively in the Later Chapters

Looking for books similar to "Transmigrated as a Cannon-Fodder Palace Consort, She Sweetly Coaxes Him into Elevating Her Status". In the original story, she was simple-minded and easy to control, a shield pushed forward by Emperor Xie Chen for his “beloved consort.” Pei Tingyue, who had transmigrated into the book, raised an eyebrow and smiled softly. Since she was already here,

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.

Looking for Palace Intrigue Novels With Excellent Writing and Clear-Headed Leads

Looking for books similar to The Moonlight Consort's Daily Life in the Harem (Cui Shuangyue).