Road to the Clouds

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.

Historical Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Romance: Pure Historical Fiction, No Rebirth, No Transmigration

Friends, I'm looking for a purely historical romance. I've had nothing to read for ages. Please save me...

No Power Fantasies or Mindless Stories: Something Substantial and Not Cringey

After reading a few books that really make you think, I can't get into brainless stories anymore. It's frustrating. (No heroine, or just one heroine, but don't demean women, or I really can't stand it.)

High-Quality No-Romance Stories. Read the Title Before Recommending Anything!

The book recommendation square is really pushing random books these days. There are so few good stories! I don’t want books that are all romance with an overpowered female lead. Please give me something with tight logic, a fast-paced plot, and nuanced characters. I’m begging you!

Family Feud Stories Like The Story of Minglan

No Mary Sue characters or golden fingers. The female lead should be fairly intelligent. I only want family power-struggle stories, no palace intrigue.

I Just Love Hard-Mode Famine Escapes! Recommendations, Please, No Pocket Dimension

No pocket dimensions, no golden finger. I like hard mode. That's what makes it exciting.

No-Romance Farming Stories (If You Don’t Understand What “No Romance” Means, Don’t Recommend Anything)

I want books similar to Owe the System Six Hundred Million, Get Rich Through Farming. The protagonist can be male or female. No ambiguous relationships, no saintly protagonists, no annoying top-tier relatives, no transmigration into an old woman, and no raising children. A System or spatial storage is fine, as are mountain and coastal foraging.

Rebirth Stories About Making a Little Money and Lying Flat to Enjoy Life

Looking for books similar to *Lying Flat: I Achieved Financial Freedom in College*.

Looking for High-Quality Farming Novels, From a Veteran Reader With Picky Taste

Recommendations, please!

Books by Kong Liu

Let me recommend two books by Kong Liu. They're nothing spectacular, just little stories about everyday life. I've read each of them three or four times, I think. I don't reread them from start to finish, but when I remember them, I flip through them again. If a particular scene comes to mind, I go back and read it.

Good Reads, Highly Recommended, a Cure for a Reading Slump

Looking for stories like *The Cousin Who Stole My Life Falls Apart at the Tsinghua and Peking University Recommendation Banquet*. Thanks for the support, friends!

Any Slice-Of-Life Farming Novels? The Calm Kind, With No Showing Off Or Face-Slapping

I like more low-key stories.

Looking for Purely Ancient Native Protagonist Novels, With No Transmigration, No Rebirth, and No Otherworldly Space

It feels like there are so few stories like this these days, but I really want to read one. It'd be even better if it also had palace intrigue or household scheming. Please recommend some!

Books I Personally Think Are Really Good

Some books I think are really good! Give them a try.

Please Recommend Palace Maid or Servant Girl Stories, No Climbing the Ranks, Just Something Peaceful 🙏🏻

Looking for Cozy Farming Stories: No System, No Pocket Dimension, No Awful Relatives

A more slice-of-life kind of farming novel.

Looking for a No-Romance, No-Family-Bonds Famine-Escape Farming Novel. Don't Bother If You're Just Going to Recommend Random Stuff

Looking for books like *Fleeing Famine Alone in Ancient Times*.

Period-Era Romance Novels

Looking for books like *After Leaving Her Adoptive Parents’ Home, Her Life Took Off*. Period novels and CEO romances. Anyone who likes this book has great taste.

Looking for a Lighthearted, Funny Story About Returning to the Countryside to Farm and Livestream. No Overpowered, Brain-Dead Wish Fulfillment, Please

The Story of Xi Hua Zhi Is Great, Right? Do You Have Any Palace or Household Intrigue Novels That Top It?

Reborn, the heroine refuses to follow her parents’ orders and accept a marriage arranged by a matchmaker. She wants to live life on her own terms instead of wasting away in the harem as she did in her previous life.

Historical Farming Romance, Sweet Everyday Life

Looking for books similar to *The Village's Laziest Beauty Married a Rough Man from the Neighboring Village*. Farming stories where the male and female leads work together to build a better life, set in ancient times.

Any Good Historical-Era Stories? I Can’t Find Anything I Enjoy!

Any recommendations for slice-of-life stories where the male or female lead goes to the countryside, raises pets, and has a portable space? Please!!!

Any Good Historical Romance Novels? No Rebirth or Transmigration

Stories Where the Female Lead Moves to the Countryside, Buys a House, and Farms

Having enough money to buy a house and open a guesthouse.