A Dream of the Southern Dynasty

Looking for a High-IQ Heroine!!!

Looking for books similar to Against the Heavens: The Adorable Beast, the Peerless Demon Girl Rules All. I want a highly intelligent female lead who connects every move, plans a hundred steps ahead, and commands the whole situation. It does not have to be palace intrigue or household intrigue. Any subject or genre is fine. For example, Yin Nian, Xu Lingqu, Zhao

Court and Household Intrigue, Preferably With Smart Characters and Tight Logic

Looking for something like The Moon Shines on the Vermilion Wall. Pure palace and household intrigue, no System and no transmigration into a book. Something like Empresses in the Palace, but not dumbed down.

My Personal Top Picks, Any Genre Welcome

Looking for books similar to All My Wicked Disciples Want Me to Stay Alive. I’ve actually read every book I’m recommending here, and all the protagonists are smart. They can be about inner- or palace-court intrigue, nation-building, or supernatural mysteries and investigations.

Any Books Focused on the Heroine, Without Clichés or Female Rivalry?

I want to read something like "A Collection of Wild Ideas". Any recommendations for stories with an absolute female-lead focus, no women competing with each other, no cliches, no transmigrate into a book or reborn plots, and good writing? Preferably published and complete. I’m extremely picky.

Beautifully Nuanced Emotions!

Looking for women-friendly stories with nuanced, understated emotional writing. Any kind of relationships are fine: family, friendship, romance, anything. Ideally an ensemble cast, with well-rounded characters who each have their own shining qualities. Romance, normal people, female leads, infinite flow, rule-based horror, mystery, food stories, I'll read anything.

Historical Romance! Palace Intrigue! No Mutual Purity! The Male Lead Must Not Be Love-Brained!!!!

Looking for books similar to Empress Xie. Please recommend palace-intrigue novels that aren't too mainstream. No female lead who's always scheming while the male lead is so lovesick he can't see through her act. Please give me a male lead who has some sense. Also, no crown princesses or female officials.

Time for New Books! Share the Great Reads You’re Enjoying

I want content similar to Western Crossover: Guardian Sweetheart, but in Reverse Order and a Complete Mess. As long as the characters have reasonably normal values and the logic is coherent, I’m good.

Any Female-Oriented Novels? I've Read Too Many Male-Oriented Ones and Want an Easy Entry Point

Suffering from a Book Drought, Please Recommend Something!!!

I want some light, easy reads that don't require much thought but still make logical sense!!!

For Anyone in a Reading Slump: These Are Some of My Favorite Books, and They’re So Good

Looking for books like "The Fake Young Master Is Difficult and Rotten, Yet Everyone Loves Him".

Help Me Out of This Reading Slump!

I'd like books similar to Teacher Chang Mao. Help me out of this reading slump!

Recommend Some Wholesome Novels, I Feel Like My Moral Compass Is Broken

I'm Out of Books! Looking for a Satisfying Story with Smart Characters

Looking for books similar to Does Anyone Get It? The Empress Wrote a Hundred Palace Rules (The Phoenix Hairpin).