The Heaven-Chosen Evil Phoenix Is Reborn: Ruthless Tactics, Secure Throne!

This Is an Advanced Reading Slump Zone. Beginners, Stay Away

I've read 1,596 books, for a total of 2,838 hours and 38 minutes, and still have 682 books on my shelf. I'm really out of things to read. I won't ramble on, just recommend anything, any genre.

Power Is the Best Tonic for Women, Any Stories Like This?

Highly Rated Novels with Smart Female Leads, Rated 9.5 or Higher. Please Don't Recommend Randomly, Thanks

Any Stories About Villainous Couples? I Want to Read Some 👀

Power Struggles ♛ Masterminds Behind the Board ♞ Schemes to Rule the World ♝

Looking for novels with a protagonist who’s almost supernaturally clever and skilled at political maneuvering. A System or not is fine, and a female lead or not is fine, but I don’t like protagonists who think with their pants. I’m begging you, great masters!!!

The Strongest Female Lead, Bar None: A Top-Tier 9.8-Rated Read

Real Political Intrigue Fiction: Nothing Shallow or Brain-Burning, That’s My Taste

Reading this will make you wonder whether you have a brain. Highly, highly recommended. Everyone is smart, and the foreshadowing runs throughout the whole story. Anyway, I didn't understand a thing. It's just satisfying from start to finish. All I can say is the author's writing is insanely good.

Tomato’s Absolute Top Pick!!! Any Genre Welcome

Any Novels with a Brilliant Female Lead Who Excels at Power Plays and Scheming?

A Truly Feel-Good Female-Focused Novel, No Frustrating Moments at All, No Identity Mysteries

I just want a pure wish-fulfillment story with absolutely no frustrating moments. The female lead shouldn't have too many mysteries surrounding her identity, and there shouldn't be some big boss stronger than her. Ideally, she should be invincible. No romance, please. If there's a couple, it tends to become a case of the male lead being even stronger than the female lead. Male-oriented stories without romance are fine too.

Any Protagonists with More Than 800 Schemes Up Their Sleeves?

Something easy to understand and learn from. I want to learn how to become more perceptive.

Badass Female-Led Novels That Feel So Satisfying to Read

Looking for books similar to "Please Take the Long Spear on the Peach Blossom Horse". **The Peach Blossom Horse Carries a Long Spear | A Hidden Blade, a Scheming Heart**. Swordlight tears through the night as thirty-four black-clad assassins descend like ghosts on the Huo City post station, their blades aimed straight at the heart of the diplomatic mission. But they failed to account for one thing...

The Cream of the Crop! Recommend Some Books! Ongoing or Completed!

I’m in a reading slump! Any novel or genre is fine, as long as it was published in the last few years or is nearing the end of its run. I’d love one with a lively, active comments section!

Looking for Female-Lead Stories with Satisfying Killings and No Beating Around the Bush

A female lead similar to the one in Sorry, This Prince Loves Money.

Strong Female Lead and Political Scheming! No One Acts Like an Idiot!

I don’t want a female lead disguised as a man! She should be unbelievably clever or have maxed-out combat skills. She could be a princess, a martial artist, or anything else. She shouldn’t rely on the male lead’s help. Using her own strength as a woman, she turns the situation upside down. The process can be difficult, but in the end she should achieve her ideals.

A Fierce, Vengeful, Ruthless Female Lead Who Kills Without Mercy, No Men

Pure Palace Intrigue, Palace Intrigue, Seeking Recommendations

Looking for something like the historical romance series The Battle for the Throne. The ensemble cast is smart, with no transmigration or System reboot. Just a pure battle of wits and social skills in the palace. A thoroughly satisfying read, complete version

Looking for Novels with a Female Lead Who Kills Without Blinking and Acts Instead of Arguing

Looking for books similar to The Queen Returns: I’m a Black Lotus.

Infrastructure Building, Female Lead, Can Become Emperor

I'd like to read books similar to After Reaching Max Level in the Wasteland, I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became Empress. Whether there is a romantic pairing doesn't matter. The female lead's surroundings can't be filled entirely with men, especially stories where all the soldiers are men. That won't do! The people she employs shouldn't all be men either. Women should be represented in every profession too.

A Powerful Female Lead Playing the World as Her Game Board and Its People as Her Pieces, or an Assassin With a Secret Identity

A Powerful Minister's Daughter: Brilliant, Ruthless, and Cunning

The heroine's father or family should be a powerful minister, feared by the emperor. I don't care whether he's a loyal minister or a treacherous one. I don't want petty household squabbles over wives, concubines, and children. I want a ruthless ambition to seize power for the family. And a powerful minister's daughter should act like one: skilled at plotting for power and wielding it.

Female-Led Career Story: Political Scheming, Nation-Building, and Fighting for the Realm in a Time of Chaos

I want to read something like "The Villainess Taps Her Wooden Fish, Gaining Merit Every Day". Are there any stories where a clever, resourceful woman becomes emperor in ancient times and builds up the country, or becomes a female warlord in the Republican era, excelling at both diplomacy and warfare while plotting to conquer the world? Ideally, no romance 😃

Political Intrigue, Everyone! Looking for Recommendations Like Lu Songli, Xu Yue, and Lin Qingyuan!

I’m looking for books similar to She Wants to Lie Low, But They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel (Ascending the Golden Palace). Please recommend political intrigue stories, not domestic power struggles. I want graceful writing and vivid characters.

Any Stories About a Woman Rebelling and Becoming Emperor in Ancient Times?

Looking for books similar to "Dream of the Red Chamber: Daiyu’s Elder Sister Is the Emperor".