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Classical Chinese Romance!!!! Your Number One Pick! Send It My Way!

I love historical novels, I love historical novels! The female lead can be a little flawed, but the male lead absolutely must not be annoying! I want something that keeps me interested enough to read on.

Looking for High-Quality Historical Romance!

Lately I’ve been looking for an ancient-era romance with realistic, detailed descriptions of everyday life, but it’s so hard to find. I don’t need some grand epic. I just want to read about the daily lives of women in ancient times.

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.

I Want Tomato Books Rated 10.0, Nothing but 10.0. I Refuse to Believe You Didn't Read That Properly

Great Completed Historical Romance Novels About Palace and Household Intrigue

Reborn! Ancient-Era Romance! Legitimate Daughter! Feel-Good Story! Extra Sweet, No Angst!

The female lead has lots of secret identities, the male lead wields immense power, and she's doted on by everyone.

Are There No More Books With Writing as Good as Yan Sanhe's?

I'm looking for books like *The Xie Family's Short-Lived Ghost Has Lived to a Hundred*. I've read all over the place, male-oriented and female-oriented fiction alike: palace intrigue, rebirth, cultivation, horror, comedy, CEO romances, detective stories, ghost hunting, the mortal and spirit realms, gods, golden fingers, you name it. I'm not into books that only obsess over romantic relationships. I love stories with a grand scope.

I'm Sleepy but Don't Want to Go to Bed. Any Novels That'll Keep Me Up All Night?

Preferably completed. Wow, that's me.

Looking for High-IQ Political Intrigue

Both the male and female leads are intelligent and strategic, while the supporting characters are loyal and warmhearted.

Political Scheming, Mutual Mind Games, Everyone Is Sharp, With No Absolute Good or Evil, Only Different Loyalties

Looking for books like She Was Reborn as a Treacherous Minister's Daughter, and Played the Role to Perfection. I really want a spirited, heroic female lead, like an ancient female general. The male lead shouldn't become lovesick the moment he meets her, and the supporting characters shouldn't be dumbed down. Everyone should have their own personality. Don't make all the glory...

Looking for Household-Intrigue Novels Where the Characters Aren’t Stupid!

1. No white-lotus female rivals who do nothing but whimper, cry to win sympathy, and get some scumbag prince or father to rush to their defense. Those insulting-to-the-reader plots are a hard no. 2. As a female-lead fan, I need the male lead to be sexually pure. 3. No lovesick female leads.

Ancient-Era Romance With a Highly Intelligent Lead, Preferably Complete

Political intrigue stories where it's not just the protagonist who's smart; the supporting cast should be sharp too.

A Heroine Who Is Independent, Not Isolated; Clear-Headed, Not Cold; Smart, Not Arrogant

Looking for books like *The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Doesn't Follow the Usual Path*. Please, I want the heroine to come from a loving family and for nothing to happen to them later. She shouldn't need to rely on the male lead. She shouldn't be the type to act coy and cling to him, either. I want her to be rational and emotionally stable...

Stories Set in a Bygone Era With a Female Lead Returning From Studying Abroad

Any Books Like Bound by Spring? I Can't Get Into Anything Else After Finishing It 😭

Looking for books like Bound by Spring's Passion.

!! Any Palace-Intrigue Stories Where the Consorts Help One Another? Please, I Need Recommendations!

Looking for books like Willow in the Palace. I really can't handle male leads, ahhh! I just love stories about women helping each other!!!

Recommendations from a Veteran Reader of Over Ten Years for Books Like Cherishing Flowers and The Splendor of Wealth

Looking for books similar to *Splendor and Grace*. I've been reading for a long time, and there are so many books I can't get into anymore. Good books are worth collecting.

Recommend a Good Book Like Xi Hua Zhi

Any good books like *The Blossoming Peony*? The female lead transmigrates, but she shouldn't be arrogant or foolish, and there should be no angst. Every author seems determined to write transmigrated female leads as omnipotent goddesses. Hua Zhi is the only one who feels truly real and admirable.

Looking for a High-Quality Novel Like The Girls' School

Looking for books similar to *Cicada in Midwinter at the Girls’ School*. Please recommend a really, really high-quality story like *Girls’ School*. Nothing formulaic or meandering. Thank you, thank you!

Please Recommend Good Historical Romance Novels with Household Intrigue and Court Politics 🥹 I Want Beautiful Prose and a Logical Plot

Looking for books like *Springtime Joy, Year After Year*. No marriage first, love later; no adorable babies or childcare; no grooming the male lead; and no women disguised as men. No palace intrigue, either. Please recommend something. It's so hard to find a book like *Springtime Joy, Year After Year*, which is what I enjoy.

Any Great Palace-Intrigue Novels, Folks?

I want to read books similar to The Empress Afterward.

Any Historical Romance Novels Like Palace Beauty, Spring Banquet, and The Tale of Qingzhi?

No rebirth stories. The only historical novels I could stick with until the end were probably the ones mentioned above.

Anyone Write a Shangguan Zhi and Gong Shangjue Fic? Please!

Any Stories Where the Female Lead Keeps a Pond of Suitors and the Male Lead Is One of Them?