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Any Novels That Feel Really Realistic?

For example, the male and female leads could have common, everyday jobs like teaching or medicine.

Novels Close to Reality

I almost never read transmigration into a book, transmigration, or domineering CEO stories. I prefer novels that stay close to real life and let me put myself into them.

Urban Slice-of-Life, Realistic and Immersive, with Vivid, Believable Writing

No transmigration, cultivation, fantasy, or whatever else. I want something real: grounded in everyday life, with sincere emotions that resonate.

Please Recommend Stories About Ordinary People Falling in Love

I don't want to read stories about romance among people who have nothing to do with ordinary life anymore. No more CEOs, goddesses chasing after the male lead, or male leads who are loaded. I want to read about ordinary people having simple, everyday romances.

Looking for a Story with an Ordinary Female Lead, Something Along Those Lines...

Looking for books similar to Rational Obsession.

Looking for Realistic Urban Fiction

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?

Middle-Aged Protagonist, with a Wife from the Start and a Son and Daughter Around 18

Strong male friendships, male-oriented, no romance.

Stories That Feel Realistic and Aren't Over the Top. Heartbreak Is Fine, Too

I want a plot that isn't cliched. No naive, sweet heroines who go blank in the head and are helpless against flirting the moment they meet the male lead. Also, don't spend too much time describing the leads' looks.

Middle-Aged Readers Should Read More Realistic Fiction

Looking for books like "The Dream of the Golden Mansion". We're past the age of dreaming, so we should wake up, see the times clearly, and understand human nature. Give "The Dream of the Golden Mansion" a read.

Give Me Something Original and Not Clichéd!!!

I'm a longtime reader, so I don't want something full of stale, formulaic tropes.