Song of Xizhou: Remembrance

High-Quality Angst! An Original Plot, a Smart Hero, and Beautifully Written Short Stories

Looking for an Elegant Historical Chinese Romance Without Outlandish, Over-the-Top, or Brain-Dead Tropes

I want something with elegant, delicate writing. Not the kind that opens with someone getting disfigured or having their heart cut out. That's too melodramatic and clumsy. And no side characters like concubine-born daughters or female antagonists publicly attacking the heroine at banquets. People like that wouldn't survive three hours in ancient times unless they were faking their deaths. It's so unrealistic.

Light and Enjoyable Palace-Intrigue Novels Worth Rereading

Looking for books similar to The Empress. This book isn't as full of dramatic twists and turns as Empresses in the Palace, but it has the same gently unfolding everyday life as The Story of Minglan. It isn't as sorrowful and bittersweet as Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, but it shares The Story of Minglan's wisdom about women. Although it takes place in the imperial harem,

Looking for High-Quality Short Stories

Short stories, completed in no more than 30 chapters, but with a satisfying ending. The better, the better. Sweet or heartbreaking are both fine.

I've Been Into Palace Intrigue Lately 😍 Hand Over Your Top Palace Intrigue Picks!

Looking for books like "The Empress's Consort Is Cunning, and the Emperor Can't Resist Her". The leads don't have to be each other's firsts!!! They don't have to be each other's firsts!!! But the female lead must be clear-headed and strong, not weak. Some angst is fine. I like stories set in fictionalized historical worlds, as long as the plot is well-crafted and detailed, hehe.

Short Angsty Stories! A Dozen Chapters or So! The Kind That Makes You Cry Nonstop!

Short, heartbreaking stories, around a dozen chapters!!! Make it hurt, hurt, hurt!!! The kind that leaves you sobbing and gasping for breath!!! Crying T﹏T!!!

Tragic Bad-End Stories That Wreck Me, and Are Super Short

Tragic Stories You Can Finish in Ten Minutes

Recommend an Incredibly, Incredibly Good Novel

I highly recommend this amazing novel, The White Ring Douluo. It's a fanfic set in Douluo Dalu. See for yourself just how good it is.

Angst! More Angst!! The Kind That Makes You Lose Ten Pounds Just From Reading!!!

Sophisticated Angst with Smart Characters and a Logical Plot

Looking for books similar to Palace Wall Willow. It doesn’t have to be the kind where the male and female leads must fight to the death, with one of them inevitably dying. There can be national hatred and family feuds separating them, or a divide between righteousness and evil. The story should be logical and reflect the thinking of normal people.

An Ancient-Era Story That’s Absolutely Heartbreaking, Almost Suffocating, but Has a Happy Ending

I want to read books similar to "Zhe Jiao Ti". Lately, I’ve been obsessed with historical novels, the kind that could be adapted into TV dramas. They’re incredibly good.

Looking for an Ancient-Style Story with a Forceful, Possessive Romance!!!!!

Angsty Stories That Put the Heroine Through Hell, Really, Really Badly

I want angst.

Short, Short, Short Tragedies! I’m Hard to Make Cry

Looking for Short Historical Angst Novels (The More Heartbreaking, the Better)

A Princess Goes to Marry Abroad, and Her Husband’s Family Is Wonderful

The heroine doesn't have to be a princess. She can be sent off to marry someone from another country, where he's especially kind to her and their story stays sweet throughout. Nothing too long, and it can be finished or ongoing.

Please Recommend Angsty Historical Romance!! 🧎‍♀️

Any Bad-End Novels? The More Heartbreaking, the Better!! I’ve Run Out of Books and Want to Read Something Angsty!!

Looking for Short Historical Tragedies!!! I Want Maximum Angst!!

Angsty novels.

Looking for Historical Palace-Intrigue Romance with a “Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium” Plot

A Political Marriage Beyond the Great Wall, From Marriage First to Love Later

The heroine should be a princess sent to marry for peace (a nobleman's daughter is fine too), and the male lead should be from beyond the frontier. They marry first and fall in love later. I'd like something sweet, though a little angst is fine.

Heartbreaking Period Dramas

Ideally, the heroine is controlled by someone and has a tragic, passionate romance with the hero.

The Heroine Is Sent Far Away in a Political Marriage: Calm, Clever, and Not Blinded by Love

The female lead marries far away for the greater good, entering a political marriage without ever lowering her head, and is devoted to sacrificing herself for peace between the two nations. She's clever and calculating, a woman of few words who doesn't hesitate to be ruthless. The male lead falls in love with her after they marry.