An Old Salty Fish

Books That Feel Close to Real Life

Any recommendations for good books that feel especially close to real life?

Looking for Urban Novels About Real Life

Any good urban novels that feel close to real life and are on the longer side?

Any Novels That Feel a Little More Realistic?

Set in a city, with decent writing and a realistic feel.

Begging for Highly Rated Workplace Novels About Government Jobs That Feel Grounded and Real

Looking for books similar to After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Married the Municipal Party Secretary. The premise is quite fresh, and the author really understands how work within the system operates. It feels very grounded, and you won't regret giving it a try. One of the few stories I could finish in one sitting.

Any Novels Set in the Workplace?

I'd like a female lead who's a career-driven professional, like a lawyer, or someone who starts out as a novice and grows into a top professional. Romance is optional.

Novels Close to Reality

I almost never read transmigration into a book, transmigration, or domineering CEO stories. I prefer novels that stay close to real life and let me put myself into them.

The Most Realistic, Well-Written Urban Fiction

Hey, please tell me which urban novel you think reflects reality the most!

Looking for Stories About Ordinary People Falling in Love

Any recommendations for realistic novels where both leads are ordinary people, not geniuses or rich heirs, and both their parents are still alive?

Political Fiction

Looking for books similar to *The Officialdom: Absolute Control*. No one being reborn, no melodrama, just a normal plot.

Novels Set in the Political Arena

Are there any stories where the main character is a secretary to a leader, kind of like Secretary Wang in *The Knockout*?

A Calm, Ordinary Slice of Life

Just an ordinary, peaceful life in a warm little home.

Please Recommend Stories About Ordinary People Falling in Love

I don't want to read stories about romance among people who have nothing to do with ordinary life anymore. No more CEOs, goddesses chasing after the male lead, or male leads who are loaded. I want to read about ordinary people having simple, everyday romances.

Looking for Workplace or Political Career Novels

Looking for recommendations similar to You Call This a Workplace Rookie? or The Official's Path.

Fiction That Feels Close to Real Life

No transmigration, no being reborn, no System, a normal setting, no fantasy, no mind-reading, not a comedy, no transmigrating into a book, no angst, no tragic ending, and modern romance. Do stories like this even exist anymore?

Any Low-Key Novels Focused on Everyday Life?

No System, and not too much face-slapping.

Looking for Realistic Novels with a Peaceful, Cozy Feel

No melodramatic plot twists

An Ordinary, Calm, and Clever Female Lead

Any Recommendations for Political Novels?

Both Leads Work in Government, with Stable Jobs and a Realistic Slice-of-Life Feel

Looking for books like *Five Years Apart: Hello, Ex-Boyfriend*. Civil servants or public-sector employees are both fine.

Any Stories About Doctors?

Looking for a Smart, Career-Driven Heroine in a Historical-Era Novel