A Shanghai Girl Raised on Rice Soup

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

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

Looking for Period Novels Set in the South, Not the North

Any More Realistic Stories Set in a Particular Era? Looking for Recs

A lot of period dramas these days have living conditions better than ours now. It feels a bit fake.

New Authors Hoping to Make It Big, Follow and Review Each Other

Looking for books like *The Poison and Martial Arts System*.

Mystery, Deduction, and Crime Solving

Preferably around one to two million characters long.

Please Recommend Stories That Show the Dark Side of Human Nature

The character should ideally be a “round” character, meaning they should have many different sides and not be one-dimensional.

Any Novels That Feel Grounded and Close to Ordinary Life?

Show the Dark Side of Society and Portray the Twisted, Terrifying Side of Human Nature

Looking for Realist Fiction Recommendations

Looking for Gorgeous, High-Quality Novels with Beautiful Writing and Memorable Lines

Any Quiet, Unassuming Books That Are Still Really Good?

Any recommendations for books that are low-key but really good?

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?

Essential Reading for Chinese Language and Literature Majors

Any books that can genuinely help improve writing and communication skills?

Modern Urban Stories: Startups, Everyday Life, Business, and the Workplace

Novels about urban life, starting a business, commerce, and workplace life, from the beginning of reform and opening up to the present day. Reborn or transmigration stories are both fine. I'd mainly like stories that start in China, though stories that start overseas are also

The Best Books on Tomato Novel

Everyone is welcome to post recommendations!

Any Novels Set in Old Shanghai or Old Beijing?

I mean stories that include dialect and feel true to life, like *Beautiful Scenery of Liang and Chen*.

Crime-Solving and Detective Stories Like Ten Deadly Sins, Please Recommend Some

Looking for Mystery Novels. I Love Crime Solving and Deduction, Especially Brain Teasers

As the title says, I just finished reading a tech geek mystery novel and would love recommendations for similar books. Other highly rated suspense novels are welcome too. I have pretty broad tastes.

Looking for Down-to-Earth Stories Set in a Past Era, Nothing Too Over-the-Top

I'm in a reading slump.

Any Male-Male Novels with a Lived-In, Everyday Feel?

Any Understated, Sensible Period Novels? Not the Kind Where They Eat Lavish Meals Every Day

Looking for books like Making Others Happy? I'd Rather Make Myself Happy. Historical-era story with a female lead. It doesn't matter whether she transmigrates or has a golden finger, but it shouldn't be brainless or too showy. I hate those stories where she has a pocket dimension people can enter but insists on cooking outside, and is always...

Books That Feel Very Realistic

No special abilities or anything, just like real life.

Novels That Are a Little More Realistic

The female lead has been deeply hurt by her family, then the male lead comes along and brings warmth into her life.

Period Drama: Quietly Snagging Hidden Treasures