The Zhou Family's Legitimate Daughter

Strong, Clear-Headed Heroines

The heroine and hero don't fall for each other at first, but their feelings grow over time. Even though she loves him, she still has self-respect and self-worth, and keeps a clear head.

Historical Romance

Looking for historical novels. No transmigration or rebirth, just a story set in ancient times. I want an engaging plot, distinctive characters, and no ridiculous melodrama.

High-Quality Stories With Exceptional Writing

Any gender is fine, as long as the writing is good.

Looking for Well-Written Political Intrigue Novels

I want a smart female lead with a high status who knows when to keep a low profile or conceal her abilities 🙈 No scummy fathers and stepmothers, or concubine half-sisters constantly causing petty trouble in the household. No sweet romance, just a pure historical power struggle 🤗

Any Palace Intrigue Dramas With Smart Characters?

Looking for books like The Wise Don't Fall in Love, So the Empress Goes Around the Bridge.

Palace Intrigue, Pure Palace Intrigue, the Kind That Takes All Your Brainpower

Are there any pure palace-intrigue novels without reborn or transmigrate plots, and without an overpowered protagonist aura? Lately everything has been about transmigration and rebirth, and I’m sick of it.

Any Proper Palace-Intrigue Historical Stories? 😭 The Kind Where Everyone's Scheming Eight Steps Ahead

Are There Any Female Leads on Tomato Better Than Micai?

Looking for books similar to "My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant".

A Powerful Female Lead Playing the World as Her Game Board and Its People as Her Pieces, or an Assassin With a Secret Identity

Looking for a Story With a Brilliant Heroine Who Holds the Pieces and Controls the Entire Game, With a CP

Looking for books similar to "Tearing Apart the Comparison Group! The Villainous Couple Goes on a Rampage".

The Female Lead Is the Legitimate Daughter, Cunning and Scheming, Ruthless, with Everything Carefully Calculated

Pure Ancient-Style Stories, No Transmigration or Rebirth

Pure Palace Intrigue, From Palace Maiden to Favorite Consort and Empress: A Highly Intelligent, Ruthless Female Lead Who Isn't a Doormat

Pure palace-intrigue stories, with ruthless, high-IQ heroines who aren't saintly.

Smart Palace Intrigue, No One Gets Dumbed Down, and the Heroine Is Clearheaded and Cunning

I want books similar to Why Hasn't the Noble Consort Died Yet? Ideally, it should have the prose style of a historical romance, and the plot and characters must be good. Preferably no golden finger. Thanks to every sweetheart who rescues me from my reading slump~

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...

Preferably Historical Romance with Political Intrigue and Two Strong Leads, Modern Romance Is Fine Too

Both leads should put their own interests first. Ideally, their factions start out somewhat hostile, and they're both rather cold-hearted. The female lead should be one person in public and another in private, with a ruthless streak and plenty of different sides to her. I want a romance between evenly matched rivals who refuse to back down and keep flirting with each other. 😃😍

Seeking Well-Written Historical Political Intrigue Romance, It Must Be Well Written

I want to read books similar to Sunset Over the White River. The writing has to be good, the kind you can’t bring yourself to skim. The plot should be tight and never fall apart, and both the hero and heroine should be smart, able to plan ahead and keep the big picture in view.

Anyone Have Palace-Intrigue Novels Like The Chaos of Zhaohua?!!!!!!!

Looking for books like Zhaohua Chaos.

Pure Palace Intrigue

I want to read a novel where the heroine enters the palace through the selection, wins the emperor's true love, has several babies, and climbs the ranks while raising them!!! I'm out of books to read, friends. Please help!

Looking for Palace-intrigue Stories with a Clear-headed, Powerful, Intelligent Female Lead Who Plots Carefully at Every Step

Looking for books similar to "The Empress Charms and Bewitches, the Emperor Surrenders to Decadence (Kun Yi)."

Palace Intrigue: A Cunning, Clever Villainess Who Can Act Her Way into Making the Emperor Fall for Her

The heroine must have a noble status. No second marriages!!! No quick transmigration!!! No transmigrating into a book and having lots of children or multiples!!!!! Ideally, she transmigrates from the modern world into the past and has a System and a golden finger, though being reborn into the past as a baby is fine too.

Looking for Palace Intrigue with a Heroine Who Doesn't Love the Hero and Has Her Wits About Her

A sensible, coherent plot, with no idiotic characters.

Looking for Pure Palace-Intrigue Stories Where the Female Lead Becomes Empress Dowager or Emperor in the End, Like Song Zhao

Pure palace intrigue. The heroine doesn't love the emperor and eventually becomes the empress dowager ruling from behind the curtain, or takes the throne herself. Preferably, the emperor isn't love-addled and loves the realm more than the heroine. For the sake of her ambitions, she eventually kills the emperor with her own hands.