You Asked to Break Off Our Engagement. Now That I'm Emperor, You're Begging to Get Back Together

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.

Historical Stories (Any Dynasty, No System, and with Intelligent Characters)

Looking for books like "The Glory of the Great Wei". Historical novels with some brains behind them. Read too many mindless wish-fulfillment stories and they’ll rot your mind.

Looking for High-Quality Historical Alternate Universe Stories with Wars, Rebellion, and Bringing Order to a Chaotic Era

The protagonist earns merit on the frontier and rises through the ranks step by step. He fights the northern nomadic tribes, then when the realm falls into chaos, he restores order.

Well-Written, High-Quality Comedies That Make You Laugh Until Your Stomach Hurts, Preferably Completed!

I especially love novels with protagonists like Yin Ge and Nan Wang. They were so much fun to read! I'm out of books, thanks!

Highly Intelligent, Politically Astute, Decisive, and Not a Goody-Two-Shoes

✅ The Ye Family Was Wiped Out, Then Mysteriously Returned Five Years Later, Armed with Incredible Skills

Behind the Scenes / Creating a Mysterious Organization / Role-Playing / Lots of Secret Identities

Alternate History, Political Scheming, and Struggles for Supremacy!

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

Wuxia, Court Politics, Scheming, and Alternate History

Traditional wuxia stories where the male lead is powerful and influential, has a hidden faction, roams the martial world, and falls into a love-hate relationship with the female lead.

Desperately Short on Historical Fiction, Please Recommend Some to Save Me From This Reading Drought

Preferably a historical novel with a realistic feel.

High-IQ, Strategic Dynastic Conquests

I've been an avid reader for nine years, so trust me, this one's absolutely top-notch. If it's not good, come yell at me.

High-Quality Alternate-History Fiction

Court politics, the martial world, wuxia, political intrigue, romance...

Novels with an Emperor as the Male Lead

I hope you all have lots of recommendations!

Wuxia, the Imperial Court, and the Jianghu. Get It?

Martial arts and the jianghu.

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

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.

I Want to Read About an Unrelated Older Sister Spoiling Her Younger Brother

Historical Fiction Set in an Imaginary Ancient World, No System

No System, no System, no System. Thanks, everyone.

Wielding Power over the Court and Commanding the Army

Stories About Power Struggles in Both the Martial World and the Imperial Court?

The protagonist should be decisive and ruthless. The antagonists should be intelligent, or there shouldn’t be any absolute villains. No female lead, and above all, no woman should turn the protagonist into an idiot.

Stories That Start with the Protagonist Coming Down the Mountain to Break Off Their Engagement

Stories where he’s stunned by his fiancée’s beauty and falls in love at first sight.

A Highly Intelligent Protagonist with Plans and Schemes

Looking for a novel about brotherhood, taking on the world together, smart characters, strategic planning, and no bleeding-heart protagonists. Any genre is fine. Thanks, fellow readers!

Tragic Stories!!! I Want Heartbreaking Angst!!!!!

Looking for a Wish-Fulfillment Alternate History Novel About Someone Who Transmigrates

Ideally, something like "The Carefree Little Scholar" or "The Best House Husband". The protagonist brings modern knowledge to the past and plays the pig to eat the tiger. He just wants to take it easy and coast through life, but the times won't let him.