A Life of Banditry? I'll Build a Legacy

Please, I Need Political Intrigue Novels. No Idiot Protagonists

Are there any good political intrigue novels left? I'm begging you. I don't care if there's a System, as long as the protagonist isn't an idiot.

Urgently Looking for a Novel Where the Protagonist Builds a Faction

Thanks so much to everyone who recommended books! I have no idea how long it'll take me to get through all of these 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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.

The Protagonist Builds a Faction to Support Himself, Instead of Being Worked to the Bone

Looking for books like The Apocalypse Arrives: The Goddess School Beauty Begs Me to Kill Her.

Building Your Own Faction, No Made-Up Backstory: Urban Supernatural Changes

Urban fantasy where spiritual energy suddenly awakens, and strange phenomena, exotic beasts, and so on appear. The protagonist knows what's coming in advance, or is still at an early stage, and secretly builds a faction that gradually reveals its strength without showing all its cards. None of that ridiculous drama about a little sister.

Ancient-Era Stories With a Brilliant Strategist, Political Intrigue, Mind Games, and Power-Building

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.

Good Reads About Quietly Building a Private Power Base or Becoming a Fiefdom Lord

Alternate History, High-IQ Characters, Military Conflict, and Strategic Showdowns

The protagonist defeats opponents through high intelligence rather than mindlessly overpowering them.

Guys, Is Fantasy Fiction Dead? I Can't Find Anything Good to Read

You know what I mean! n(*≧▽≦*)n

The Pinnacle of Historical Fiction

Share your favorite historical novels, whether they have fantasy elements or not. Let's talk about them.

Fantasy Romance

Looking for xuanhuan romance that doesn’t have an overly clichéd plot.

Recommend Historical Novels About Brilliant Strategists Who Shape the World

Hand over your historical novels about high-IQ masterminds plotting to conquer the world.

This Poor Daoist Is at the End of His Rope. Can Anyone Grant Me a Good Book?

Is life even worth living when there's nothing to read? I'll trade 50 years of being single for all you fellow Daoists coming through for me. (A good person stays single for life.)

Looking for Novels About Humanity Fighting Against the Myriad Races, Like Tribulation of the Myriad Races and Global High Martial Arts

As the title says, I'm out of books to read. Help!

Historical Novels with Literary Merit and Beautiful Prose

I’d like historical fiction, or literary fiction if you like, with good writing. Anything but brainless wish-fulfillment novels, and please give it a decent moral compass.

Traditional Xuanhuan, No System Stories

Traditional Fantasy With a Genius Protagonist, No Mindless Plot

Traditional Xuanhuan Seems to Have Fallen on Hard Times

Martial Apprentice, Martial Master, Martial Grandmaster, Martial King, Martial Saint, Martial Venerable, Martial Emperor, Martial Deity

I'm Going Through a Reading Slump. Are There Any System Novels That Can Help Me Get Through It?

Great Historical Fiction

Make it realistic, not too over-the-top.

The Protagonist Is an Older Man or an Elderly Person, Anything but a Teenager

Every protagonist in Tomato's novels seems to be a young man, and I'm getting tired of it. Are there any novels with a tough older guy as the protagonist? Any genre is fine, though a realistic post-apocalyptic setting would be ideal. 🤔

High-IQ Historical Alternate-World Novels

An alternate-history novel with a highly intelligent protagonist who builds a hidden power from scratch