President Gu, Get on Your Knees! Your Wife Is Angry Again

The Male Lead Is So Pathetic!! It Breaks Your Heart to Read

I want the kind of story that makes you feel especially sorry for the male lead, so that while reading, your heart suddenly clenches with an indescribable ache.

Strictly Raised Characters, Historical or Modern, Either Is Fine

The Male Lead Makes a Mistake and Is Punished by Kneeling

Kneeling on a washboard.

Make It Brutal, Torture Them to Death

Any angsty novels that can measure up to Heart-Wrenching Love? Either the male or female lead can suffer. Preferably without the usual clichés.

Looking for a Story with an Extremely Pathetic Male Lead

A Groveling Male Lead Who Drops to His Knees Whenever the Female Lead Gets Angry!

I Dare You to Recommend Something That’ll Make Me Cry My Eyes Out

Make sure it absolutely destroys me emotionally.

The Male Lead Makes a Mistake and Is Punished by Being Made to Kneel

Looking for a Loyal Shadow Guard

Please, I want a loyal, devoted, stoic bodyguard. No secret identity as a prince from another country or anything like that. Can he just be a bodyguard? ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅

Ancient Setting with a Cold Female Lead and a Lowly Male Lead Who Is Always Kneeling

Female-Dominant World, an Obsessive and Proactive Male Lead, and a Radiant Female Lead

Looking for something a little different, like a matriarchal story where the male lead takes the initiative, a hunter pretending to be prey, a female lead who forces a relationship, or a romance with an assertive female lead. I've read too many romances where the male lead makes the first move. I want something different! Recommend me a book, quick!

Any Angsty Stories That Make the Male Lead Suffer?

I'm in a reading slump. Any books where the male lead gets put through the wringer? ✰ﾟ｡(ღ▻ꀦ◕)bﾟ｡━✰

Tragic Historical Romance With a Happy Ending

As short as possible, under 500,000 words.

Angst That Really Hurts

A super angsty tragedy

I Want Angst, Really, Really Angsty! I Usually Laugh While Reading Angst, So Make Me Cry!

Give Me All the Heartbreaking Angst! The Kind That Hurts So Much You’re Up at Midnight!!!

Angst! Angst! Angst! The kind that leaves you heartbroken in the middle of the night, with your heart aching so badly!!!!

Female-Dominant Romance: The Male Lead Suffers

Could all you lovely folks recommend some good books? Thanks!

Hundreds of Heartbreaking Novels to Choose From

Damn, these stories make me want to jump in and slap those male leads twice. I've already put myself through the ordeal of reading them, and they're all toxic. I'm a real softie, so readers who are less easily moved might not feel much, but you can look around for more, right?

Looking for a Story With a Male Dark Guard, Deathsworn, or Bodyguard, and a Female Lead Who Abuses Him, Basically Every Day

Looking for a Male Lead Who Cries Easily, Apologizes When He Makes a Mistake, and Often Feels Wronged

Looking for books like Your Majesty, I've Fallen for You! I want both leads to speak their minds. No dragging out misunderstandings for ages before someone finally explains things. The male lead should say things like, "Can I have a kiss?" Thank you, Your Majesty!!!!!!!!

The Male Lead Is a Shadow Guard or Bodyguard Who Gets Punished by the Female Lead

The male lead is the female lead's secret guard, personal guard, or shadow guard, and she punishes him when he does something wrong.

Angsty Novels From Douyin and Kuaishou

Looking for Stories That Put the Male Lead Through the Wringer, Not the Usual Groveling-after-the-breakup Trope

I like stories where the male lead is tortured, just the male lead, not the kind where he has to grovel to win the heroine back. Any recommendations, ladies? Thanks!

Any Stories Where the Male Lead Makes a Mistake and the Female Lead Punishes Him?