Laojun Cave on Huangmao Mountain

One Female Lead, No Harem, No Flirting Around

Please recommend novels with one female lead.

Quiet and Engaging, Best Read with Some Thought

I've read most novels already.

Help, Life Is Exhausting Enough Already. Looking For Relaxing, Healing, Farming Stories

No Romance, No Romance, No Romance. A Super Badass Female Lead. Strongly Recommended!

Looking for books like A Crazy Character Can't Break Down [Infinite Flow]. No romantic tension, but a male character can have a one-sided crush on the heroine.

Please Recommend Yuri Stories: No Catfights Between Women, No CP, and Absolutely No Romantic Ambiguity

Looking for books like Host Handles the Massacre, I Just Cackle. I'm out of books to read. I can't stand female rivalry, gender-bender stories with a woman transmigrating into a man, or romance between men and women.

Book Recommendations These Days Are Starting to Sound More and More Like Paid Promos. Looking for Genuine Recommendations...

I want something with a fresher premise. I’m tired of seeing the same old formula over and over. Please recommend something...

Are There Any Books About Collectivism? So Many Seem to Focus on the Lone Hero

I have a hard time getting into stories about individual heroism. Some of them don't really align with my values, so I wanted to ask if anyone knows any good stories focused on collectivism and putting the greater good first.

I’m Out of Books to Read. Recommend Something Original; I’m Tired of All the Formulaic Stories

Looking for something like The Boss Is Insanely Cunning, and So Is My System. An original premise, a protagonist who isn't an idiot, and no major deal-breakers. The kind you can stay up all night reading.

Recommend Some Masterpieces With One Female Lead! She Must Get Plenty of Screen Time, and Both Leads Should Be Strong

I'd like to read something like The Fate-Teller in the Shadows.

A Big Collection of Novels About Building, Survival, and Management

Any genre is fine. I’m okay with protagonists who are birds, beasts, demons, monsters, or anything else.

Stories Where Everyone Is Highly Intelligent, Both the Protagonists and Their Enemies

Whether they’re protagonists or enemies, they should all be highly intelligent. No idiots.

Any Relaxed, Everyday Urban Stories? Nothing Mindlessly Comedic

Please, I am begging you.

The Novel Drought Plaza

A gathering place for readers in a slump: If you've got a good book, come share it! There are tons of us waiting for recommendations.

No Romance!!!! Do You Even Know What No Romance Means? Stop Recommending Romance 😐

Looking for female-oriented stories with no CP. The protagonist can be a lone wolf, or it can have an ensemble cast. I just want no CP, and no romantic tension either!

Any Purely Modern Slice-of-Life Stories About Enjoying Life, with No Starting Businesses or Going into Politics?

I’m Sick of Being Tortured by Idiotically Written Stories Every Day, Please Recommend Highly Rated Books

The Most Promising New Books of 2026, Guaranteed 9.9 Potential!

Looking for something similar to Heroes Contest for Supremacy in Troubled Times: Summoning Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, from the start. Historical, alternate-history, wuxia, or alternate-history wuxia. It must be a new book released in 2026. Nothing that has made the rankings, and it must be updating in real time. Sound logic, smooth plot, exciting fights,

This Poor Daoist Is at the End of His Rope. Can Anyone Grant Me a Good Book?

Is life even worth living when there's nothing to read? I'll trade 50 years of being single for all you fellow Daoists coming through for me. (A good person stays single for life.)

I Want to Read About a Kind Protagonist Who Guides and Encourages Others

When light appears in the darkness, it isn't guilty. On the contrary, it is a source of hope for those barely scraping by in the dark!

Books That Can Change Your Outlook on Life

Are there any books that can help me feel calm and change my outlook? I'm on vacation at home right now and feeling especially restless, and it's affecting my mental health a bit. I want to read something that can help me develop a healthy outlook on life and the world. Please, fellow readers!

Looking for Relaxing, Cozy Novels with an Easygoing Daily-Life Feel That Stay Enjoyable

No Power Fantasies or Mindless Stories: Something Substantial and Not Cringey

After reading a few books that really make you think, I can't get into brainless stories anymore. It's frustrating. (No heroine, or just one heroine, but don't demean women, or I really can't stand it.)

Female Lead With No Romance, and Lots of Female Characters

As the title says.

Everything Feels Formulaic These Days. Can I Get Something with a Fresh Premise?