The Age of Fireworks

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

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.

I Want Stories About Olympic Athletes Finding Love and Career Success Together, While Bringing Glory to Their Country

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.

Looking for Well-Written Period Novels Like Xia Xiaolan and Song Youxiang

I'd like to read something like Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy.

Period-Era Novels, Technological Powerhouse, No Romance

Are there any novels where a modern person transmigrates into a period novel and uses modern technology to defend the country? Either a male or female lead is fine, and secret identities are okay too. No romance or family drama, just serving the nation and being doted on by the government!!

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.

Looking for Novels About the Sports World

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.

Any Well-Written Sports Stories on Fanqie?

No CP. I don’t want an overpowered golden finger. That kind of thing just doesn’t work in sports competition stories.

Looking for Coming-of-Age Stories Set in Different Eras, No Mindless Plots or Stupid Characters

Looking for books similar to "I Was Reincarnated with a Bug, What Does That Have to Do with Me?" Please recommend some coming-of-age stories set in a past era. Nothing brainless or dumbed down: the conflicts should make sense, the prose should be concise and delicate, the descriptions natural and vivid, with beautiful scenery and delicious food. Nothing tragic, please.

Any Figure Skating Novels?

Both the male and female leads are figure skaters.

Looking for Figure Skating Stories. Short-Track Speed Skating Is Fine Too, Anything About Skating