She Came Back With Her Memories

Looking for an Elegant Historical Chinese Romance Without Outlandish, Over-the-Top, or Brain-Dead Tropes

I want something with elegant, delicate writing. Not the kind that opens with someone getting disfigured or having their heart cut out. That's too melodramatic and clumsy. And no side characters like concubine-born daughters or female antagonists publicly attacking the heroine at banquets. People like that wouldn't survive three hours in ancient times unless they were faking their deaths. It's so unrealistic.

Underrated Historical Romance with Excellent Writing: No Transmigration, No Cheats, No Brain-Dead Characters

Any Grand-scale Historical Political Intrigue Novels?

The male and female leads should be smart, not foolish and naive.

I Just Like Reading Sweet, Satisfying Stories... Strong Leads and Lots of Fluff

Female-oriented fiction, with either male-female or two-male pairings. Both leads must be inexperienced, mutually devoted, able to communicate with each other with no misunderstandings, and neither sanctimonious nor constantly aggrieved.

Political Intrigue, Realism, and Strategy

Looking for books similar to Starting as a Secretary in the Political World.

Novels With Principled, Decisive, and Strong-Willed Protagonists

I'm in a reading slump. Please recommend something! (≧∇≦) Any genre is fine, no need to check the tags.

Clean, Clean, Clean! Female-Focused Sweet Romance Needs a Chaste Male Lead

Ugh, this is so frustrating! I'm reading a sweet romance, so what's wrong with wanting both leads to be each other's first? What's wrong with a household or palace-intrigue story? If it's labeled sweet romance, why can't I care whether the leads have been with anyone before? In female-oriented sweet romances, all male leads had better be virgins, got it?

Please Recommend Good Historical Romance Novels with Household Intrigue and Court Politics 🥹 I Want Beautiful Prose and a Logical Plot

Looking for books like "Springtime Joy, Year After Year". No marriage first, love later; no adorable babies or childcare; no grooming the male lead; and no women disguised as men. No palace intrigue, either. Please recommend something. It's so hard to find a book like "Springtime Joy, Year After Year", which is what I enjoy.

Any Stories Where the Female Lead Isn’t a Foolish, Clingy Wife?

I want a female lead who's not a foolish, naive, empty-headed doormat. She should have some brains. Or the male lead shouldn't be another man at the top of the world. There can't possibly be that many domineering CEOs! And I want the guy to pursue the girl, without sexual harassment. Or, sisters, do you have any other especially good books to recommend?