No Matter How Much You Cherish It, Nothing Lasts Forever

Looking for Realistic Marriage Stories, Nothing Too Far-Fetched or Overly Sweet

Everyday life, realistic views on marriage, a couple working together, marital conflicts, careers, family, children, and mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships. Keep it realistic, please. No wealthy-family romances; they feel too far-fetched.

Quiet and Engaging, Best Read with Some Thought

I've read most novels already.

I’m in a Reading Slump and So Frustrated 😖 Everything’s So Boring. Please Recommend Something 😘

I can’t find any fresh, gripping books. I picked out a few at random, but the plots were either cliché or made me feel frustrated!! So annoying. Please recommend something fresh, everyone. No silly, naive female leads or stories that are frustrating to read. Get those out of here~ No entertainment-industry stories.

Everyday Life Among Ordinary People, No Politics

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.

Any Novels That Feel Really Realistic?

For example, the male and female leads could have common, everyday jobs like teaching or medicine.

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.

Clear-Headed, Independent Female Lead Who Doesn't Let Romance Rule Her Life

Looking for books like *Disguised Seduction*. The female lead should be clear-headed and independent, not lovesick, and know what she wants instead of blindly following others. The writing shouldn't feel too juvenile. If there's a couple, the romance shouldn't be too sappy. The leads should grow together and be understanding of each other.

Recommend a Great Book for Middle-Aged and Older Readers!

A good realistic novel, The Bumpy Life of a Young Man from the Mountains, which is very suitable for older readers.

What Do Books for Middle-Aged Men Actually Look Like?

Looking for books similar to *Steal a Piece of the Sky*. I recommend *Steal a Piece of the Sky*, a novel that starts in the 1990s. It's inspirational, idealistic, and full of drive, and it captures the memories and struggles of people who came of age after the 1990s.

Books Just for Older Readers

Looking for books similar to *Nine-Tenths Foolish*.

Looking for Books That Feel Especially Realistic

Close to real life.

Any Feel-Good Stories with a Female Lead, No Romance, Good Values, and No Stupid Characters?

High-quality Novels with Real Depth

The kind of book that makes you want to read it a second time as soon as you finish it.

Any Novels Suitable for Middle-Aged and Older Readers? Recommend a Few

For example, stories about real life, a particular historical era, history, or rural life. Nothing mindless

Fiction That Feels Close to Real Life

No transmigration, no being reborn, no System, a normal setting, no fantasy, no mind-reading, not a comedy, no transmigrating into a book, no angst, no tragic ending, and modern romance. Do stories like this even exist anymore?

A Book You'd Regret Not Reading, Worth Its Weight in Gold

Looking for books like *Awakening to the Dao in the Mortal World: A Guide to Becoming an Immortal (Classified: The Record of Ling Tian).* This is one book you'll regret not reading.

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.

Looking for a Female Lead Who's Insightful, Emotionally Intelligent, Well-Versed in Social Nuance, and Deeply Understands Human Nature

Preferably a completed cultivation novel with a male lead who has little presence, or ideally no male lead at all.

You Won’t Regret It

Looking for stories like *Villain: Who Says I’m Here to Break Off the Engagement?* Being the villain is so satisfying. I’m always waiting for the villain, and it’s always a thrill. The story is finely crafted and gripping, a great book well worth reading.

Looking for Stories That Leave You Heartbroken

Something like My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant, a healing story (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ).

Good Contemporary Urban Slice-of-Life Stories

Looking for something similar to When There Seems No Way Out. The way out is not suddenly found, but hidden in one failed exploration after another. The way out is not a straight line, but lies amid the twists, turns, and ups and downs of being surrounded by mountains and rivers with no way forward. Highly recommended!!!

Everyone, Recommend One Book That Left You with Regrets

What’s one novel that really amazed you?

A Down-to-Earth, Capable Heroine Whose Husband Takes Her for Granted and Falls for Someone Else, So She Learns the Truth and Leaves

The heroine is a hardworking, capable country girl, but her husband looks down on her and prefers pretty women. They later divorce, and he has to win her back.