I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Go to the Countryside?

Looking for Normal Period Pieces!

Looking for realistic stories set in a particular era! No contrived drama, no exaggeration, no love-brained characters, and no naive, sugary-sweet heroines!

Looking for Era Novels Rated 9.6 and Up: Essential Reads for Beginners

I'd like to read books similar to "Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy." Let's talk about those period novels that got you hooked. Recommend one so good you won't be able to put it down. You'll be completely unable to stop reading.

Genuinely Skillful Historical-Era Novels, No Villains or Black Markets

Stories with a Female Soldier, Focused on Her Military Career, No Showbiz

The male lead is optional. Modern settings are ideal, but historical or fantasy settings are fine too! I really love novels with a strong female lead whose willpower is even stronger.

Period Novels Where the Female Lead Doesn’t Bail Out Her Family, Have Lots of Children, Go to the Black Market, or Take Over Someone Else’s Mess

The male and female leads should come from well-matched families. The heroine shouldn't get married as soon as she transmigrates. She should have a harmonious family, but not be the family's darling. Her grandparents, uncles, and aunts shouldn't be awful people. The heroine can go to the countryside, but don't force her to. Some stories make the heroine go to the countryside even when there's no need for her to.

A Period-Era Story So Good It’ll Take Your Breath Away

Can I Get Some Normal Stories Set in a Particular Era?

No silly, naive heroines and no characters suddenly getting stupid. The male lead should be loyal and virtuous. Kids are fine, as are rebirth, transmigration into a book, transmigration, or native-born protagonists. Please, recommend something normal. I'm losing my mind trying to find a book.

Female Lead in Politics, Rising from the Grassroots to Become Mayor

Looking for a female protagonist who goes into politics and works her way up from the grassroots, eventually becoming a mayor or reaching some other high political office.

A Breath of Fresh Air in the Period-novel Genre, with Original Twists. I'm Done with Those Overused Plots

The story should fit the period setting. No fake aristocrats, no making women weak, no following the army to the countryside, no divorce, no over-the-top business ventures, and no cold-faced, rugged men who can't have children. Even the titles are embarrassing enough to make me cringe.

Historical-Era Stories Where the Female Lead Pursues a Career in Government or the Military

Looking for books similar to "The Seventies: My Salty-Fish Supervisor Forces Me to Carry the Banner."

I'm Tired of Stories About Sent-Down Female Youths or Rich Heiresses Pairing Up With Rugged Men

A beautiful, wealthy heiress with money, connections, and a doting family, but she's always forced to move to the countryside for one reason or another. Then she's too pampered to do anything, so she has to find some rough country man to do it all for her. I'm so tired of this trope. I used to like it, but now I think they're completely mismatched. They're from different worlds.

Stories With a Truly Free, Clear-Headed, and Rational Heroine

They don't fight over men. Their abilities extend beyond the narrow confines of their household. Palace and domestic battles always revolve around men, and whenever trouble arises, they think of relying on one man or another to solve it. They rely on themselves and take their fate into their own hands. They aren't lovesick or boy-crazy, and they live freely, making their own decisions.

I've Been on a Historical-Era Fiction Kick Lately. Please Recommend the Best of the Best

Looking for books similar to *With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s: I'm Good at Stirring Up Trouble and Making Money (Feng Qi Ye He)*.

Historical-Era Novels

Can We Stop Cramming So Many Golden Fingers into Period Dramas? It Feels So Fake

Stories Set in the 1950s, 60s, or 70s. Good Writing, Please. No Transmigration-and-Raising-Kids Plots

Period Novels That Are as Realistic as Possible

I don't want a protagonist who goes head-to-head with everyone from the start. The story should develop realistically and stick as close to real life as possible.

Looking for an Unconventional Historical-Era Story

I'm tired of stories that are either about the black market or people watching the drama unfold.

Do Period Novels Really Have to Send the Characters to the Countryside? Looking for Ones That Don’t

Every single historical-era novel is about educated youth being sent to the countryside, or petty rural dramas. Can these authors write anything other than educated youth? Are there any historical-era novels that aren't about going to the countryside or rural life? Even something about spies in the 1940s would be fine!!!

Any Period Novels with a Sensible Heroine Who Doesn't Reveal Her Golden Finger?

Republican-Era Stories, No Couples, and No Brain-Dead Writing

Nothing ridiculously over-the-top with numbers like 999.9 billion, and no System either. I like stories where people achieve their goals through their own hard work. Any protagonist gender is fine, but no pregnancy-and-running-away plots or vague romantic tension with someone.

Why Are There So Many Romance Stories in Female-Oriented Fiction? Any High-Quality No-CP Novels?

Any genre is fine. No romance, and please don't have every guy fall in love with the protagonist at first sight. Please!

Period Novels, No Male Lead, No Male Lead, No Male Lead

Raising kids, farming, building a career, any genre is fine. Good values, and no male lead!!!

Historical-Era Stories with a Female Lead Who Stands on Her Own: No More Male Leads Who Keep Going to the Countryside to Help the Poor

I can accept romance developing later, but can there be a personal space and supplies, with the female lead thriving on her own? Also, please no stories where she is constantly sent to the countryside 🤣 to help impoverished male leads, only to end up becoming part of the male lead's family. The romance should not progress so quickly either. Would an educated youth from that era really be interested in a villager?