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Short, Completed Novels

Any short, completed stories?

Any More Down-to-Earth Historical Fiction? No Pocket Dimensions or Systems

This Is the Best Period Novel

No Power Fantasy, Slow-Paced Stories

Everything these days is a power fantasy, and I'm getting tired of reading them. Could some discerning readers recommend a few slower-paced books? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Slice-of-Life Novels Set in the 1970S or 1980S

High School Campus Novels

School setting, secret crush.

Period Novels on Tomato Novel

Am I imagining things, or are more than 70% of the period novels on Tomato Novel where the heroine transmigrates into the past orphaned, with a pocket dimension packed full of supplies? In another 20-something percent, she has a family, but every member is awful. Are there any well-written, enjoyable period novels that don't follow this pattern?

Has Anyone Written Their Own Novel? Let Me Check It Out!

Are there any? Are there? (￣∇￣) Let me take a peek!

Short Tragic Stories, Remember: Short, Short, Short

Angst, angst, angst! Make me cry.

Long, Completed Novels Set from the 1950S to the 1980S, With a Male Protagonist

Fiction That Feels Close to Real Life

No transmigration, no being reborn, no System, a normal setting, no fantasy, no mind-reading, not a comedy, no transmigrating into a book, no angst, no tragic ending, and modern romance. Do stories like this even exist anymore?

Your Number-One Period Drama

I want a heroine who's not a self-sacrificing saint or a naive, sugary-sweet pushover, and who's decisive, formidable, and badass.

I'm Tired of Stories About Sent-Down Female Youths or Rich Heiresses Pairing Up With Rugged Men

A beautiful, wealthy heiress with money, connections, and a doting family, but she's always forced to move to the countryside for one reason or another. Then she's too pampered to do anything, so she has to find some rough country man to do it all for her. I'm so tired of this trope. I used to like it, but now I think they're completely mismatched. They're from different worlds.

Short Tragic Novels, Absolutely Heartbreaking

The story basically ends with the female lead dying. Only afterward does the male lead realize how much he loves her. He spends the rest of the story searching for her, then meets someone who looks just like her and gets together with her. In short: heartbreaking!

Realistic Romance Novels, No CEOs or the Like

Angsty youth novels are fine too, like Fu Shouer's *Youth Is a Hasty Book*.

Looking for an Unconventional Historical-Era Story

I'm tired of stories that are either about the black market or people watching the drama unfold.

Inspiring, Enjoyable Novels Set in a Bygone Era

Rebirth-Era and Reborn Historical Stories

I'm out of books to read. Any experts have good rebirth-era stories or historical rebirth stories to recommend? Most importantly, no System!

Period-Era Stories About a Capable Female Lead Who Knows How to Keep a Low Profile

Looking for books like *Smiling at the Locust Blossoms, I Ask About the Past*. A golden finger is fine, but it shouldn't drive the plot, and I especially don't want the protagonist sneaking off to the black market every day to sell things from it.

Looking for Period Novels, Not Stories About Transmigrating Back to Make Up for a Wife and Children

Period Novels Without a Golden Finger

Period-Era Stories Without Pocket Dimensions or a System

Looking for Novels Set in the 1990S

The female lead makes money, buys a house, and invests in stocks in the 1990s. She also has a pocket dimension, and her family and relatives aren't awful people.

Looking for Your Favorite Historical-Era Novels

The female lead is reborn, or has a pocket dimension. Transmigration works too. Rural relocation or business-building are both fine.