If You’re Not Ruthless as a Concubine, You’ll Never Rise

Epic Reads for When You're Out of Books

Someone save me! I'm on vacation and have been reading for three days straight. I've completely run out of books. I've read pretty much everything, and I can guess the plot of every story, so nothing's any fun anymore. Any recommendations for something insanely good and original?

Looking for Good Historical Romance Recommendations

The female lead should be the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household.

Family-Intrigue Stories! I Want One Like The Story of Minglan!!

Hand over your favorite books, nice and easy 👀👀

I’ve Been Into Pregnancy and Palace-Intrigue Stories Lately, So Hand Over All Your Recommendations!

From Residence Intrigue to Palace Intrigue, No Need for Mutual Purity, With a Clear-Headed Female Lead Rising Through the Ranks

Any Historical Romance Stories About a Pampered Concubine?

I want a historical fantasy setting about a royal concubine who is favored in the household at first, then receives a high-ranking title after the male lead becomes emperor.

Help! The Villainess Is Pregnant, and the Male Lead Spoils Her Rotten!

Palace Intrigue: The Real Deal, Scheming at Every Turn, With a Transmigrated Female Lead

A female lead who's deeply calculating, and was already used to family power struggles before she transmigrated. Any time period is fine.

Looking for Palace-Intrigue Stories That Start in the Crown Prince's or Prince's Residence and Later Move to the Imperial Palace

Preferably, she shouldn’t start out as the crown prince’s consort.

Any Novels with a Concubine-Born Heroine Whose Mother Is the Favorite Concubine?

The principal wife is practically irrelevant, while the concubine is her father’s darling.

Secondary Consorts, Bedchamber Maids, and Mistresses

Reborn with My Stepsister, She Married the Man I Married in My Past Life

In my previous life, I married a man who treated me badly, but my stepsister thought I had married well, so she switched fiancés with me.

Palace Intrigue, Palace Intrigue, Pure Palace Intrigue

I’m trying to find a palace-intrigue novel. I think it involved transmigration. The heroine didn’t love the emperor, though he seemed to love her. Later, once their son had grown up, the emperor grew wary of her. She gave him a drug that made him impotent and left him irritable, and so on. He eventually died suddenly.

I'm Kind of in the Mood for a Harem Novel. Share Some, Everyone!

I want a book like "Teacher, I'm Three Years Older, So I'm Your Lucky Charm."

Unhinged Beauty × High-IQ Palace Intrigue

Looking for books like *The Mad Empress Wants to Be the Number One White Lotus in the Harem (Phoenix’s Schemes: The Story of the Legitimate Empress)*. 🌟 Why I recommend it: This empress is not to be trifled with. 1. A crazy character who delivers a thrilling read. 2. A suspenseful start with loads of foreshadowing. 3. Palace intrigue that turns the usual tropes on their head,

Palace Intrigue, Strong Female Lead, Brilliant Mind, Devoted Male Lead, and Emotionally Steady Heroine

Looking for books similar to The Empress Is Frail and Sickly, and the Emperor Dotes on Her Without Restraint.

Looking for Palace Intrigue Novels. The Setting Must Be in the Blurb, So Read It First. Don't Recommend Ones That Aren't

I'd like to give more detailed preferences to make it easier for everyone to find books they're actually interested in. Palace-intrigue story: the heroine is crafty and resourceful, but won't provoke others unless they provoke her. The emperor favors her, and eventually she becomes his one and only. She falls in love with him in the end, and the story should be logical. Has anyone read Ye Yun? I'm looking for something like that.

I Haven’t Read a Historical Romance in Ages. Any Recommendations?

You Won't Regret Getting Into These, Highly Recommended

Looking for books like Mother of the Nation: It All Begins with Impersonating the Chancellor's Widowed Sister-in-Law. It begins with He Qingsui seeking revenge for the family of three. The female lead's revenge is truly satisfying: the moment she finds out who the enemy is, she can take them down the very next moment. No dragging things out.

Any Historical Romance Novels Like He Bu Tong Zhou Du and Yu Jun Huan?

I'd like to read something similar to "Why Not Cross the River Together?" I want a tightly paced plot without dragging, and no plots that make the characters seem stupid.

Looking for Transmigration Stories with Palace Intrigue, a Princess Consort, and a Faithful Couple

Noble Families with Power over the Imperial Court

Looking for books similar to I Just Gained Power Over the Court, and the Empress Started Simulating My Life. I remember one where the protagonist supported an emperor, only to find out the emperor was a woman. It was also a villain-focused story.

Please Recommend Some Good Political Intrigue Novels

Ancient-Era Romance, Please!

Looking for books similar to The Princess Escapes Under Cover of Night Before Her Wedding, and the Crown Prince Personally Hunts Her Down. I'm looking for a novel where the female lead is a princess sent as a hostage to the male lead's country. To survive, she relies on him. He's the crown prince, and to help her, he has her become his mother's goddaughter. (