A Ten-Year Dream in the Officialdom

Any Low-Key Novels Focused on Everyday Life?

No System, and not too much face-slapping.

Out of Books to Read, Looking for Political-Career Stories (I've Been Searching Forever and Haven't Found a Single One Worth Reading)

I only have two requirements for political novels: 1. The characters just need to have normal intelligence. 2. It should feel realistic.

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.

Looking for Realistic Urban Fiction

Books with Advice You Can Use in Real Life

Not that kind of story. I mean something that's purely explanatory and analytical, or written exceptionally well, like *Capital*.

Any Stories About a Struggle to Succeed That Feel Close to Real Life?

Looking for books like *This Family*. I want to learn how a multimillionaire made his fortune, the struggles the rich go through behind the scenes, and how they win in business battles set in a world close to reality. Ideally, the story would offer some guidance for real life. Are there any works like this? Plenty of recommendations, please.

A Protagonist Who’s a Civil Servant, Living a Leisurely, Low-Key Life

Any Books with an Ordinary Protagonist, No Cheats, and Average Looks?

An average-looking male lead, no cheat abilities, and not a power fantasy. I just want to read about an ordinary person. Novels all feel so lofty and out of touch with everyday people, with handsome guys as every protagonist.

Recommend Some Good Political Novels

Looking for books similar to *Ding Ergou's Carefree Life*.

Any Political Intrigue Stories with Grand Strategies and Highly Intelligent Scheming?

Looking for Government and Politics Novels

Books That Feel Very Realistic

No special abilities or anything, just like real life.

Any More Serious Stories About Life in Government?

Today's political novels are all terrible. It's either harems or absurdly useless protagonists. Can anyone recommend a proper political novel? No multiple heroines, hordes of admirers, or cowardly protagonists who just take insults without talking back. Those kinds of novels are infuriating to read.

Looking for Realistic Workplace Novels

Nothing too melodramatic. I want the male and female leads to be normal people...

Straightforward Workplace Fiction

Looking for a Political Career Novel

Looking for books similar to *I Failed the Civil Service Exam, So I Joined the Provincial Party Committee’s Organization Department*. The plot in this one drags terribly; it takes days to explain a single event. Please recommend something similar, where the protagonist parachutes into a new post to gain experience and has powerful backers behind the scenes.

Political Novels, Realistic Ones

I'm looking for an officialdom novel that doesn't start with the protagonist being cheated on or framed and then reborn. Can't we have one that starts out normally? Why do they all begin with cheating or someone being framed and thrown in jail?

Are All the Books With Sane Values Gone? The Recommendation Lists Are Full of Sociopaths

Can we get some normal recommendations for once? My standards are low: just decent values and sensible logic. Don’t recommend things like *Criminal Law* or *The Diary of a Madman*…

Novels Where the Protagonist Is a Government Official

Looking for books similar to *The Pinnacle of Power: Starting as a Grassroots Civil Servant*.

Political Scheming, Mutual Mind Games, Everyone Is Sharp, With No Absolute Good or Evil, Only Different Loyalties

Looking for books like She Was Reborn as a Treacherous Minister's Daughter, and Played the Role to Perfection. I really want a spirited, heroic female lead, like an ancient female general. The male lead shouldn't become lovesick the moment he meets her, and the supporting characters shouldn't be dumbed down. Everyone should have their own personality. Don't make all the glory...

Any Books Set in the Workplace or Officialdom, About Navigating Social Relationships?

Any books about the workplace, bureaucracy, and navigating social relationships?

Please Recommend Realistic Stories, No Brain-Dead Plots or Wish Fulfillment

Does anyone know any books like *Inside and Outside the Village* or *Handsome Lad* that are realistic, not exaggerated, brainless, formulaic, or full of a System? I just want to read about an ordinary person growing little by little, facing hardships but no earth-shattering upheavals.

Any Recommendations for Modern Political Novels?

Please Save My Brain: No Wish-Fulfillment, Just Some Male-Oriented Fiction With Clever Characters

I'd like something with more rigorous logic. I've been in a reading slump for ages and really can't find anything.