Zilin's Dream

Looking for Great Books That Aren't All the Same, with High-Quality Writing

Mature Writing (Careful Word Choice, Logical Plot, Immersive, and Well-Written)

Intrigue, Schemes, Political Maneuvering, High Intelligence, Master Plans, and Suspense

Are There Any Authors Who Seriously and Responsibly Finish Their Stories? I Don't Care If They're Good or Bad!

Looking for High-IQ Political Intrigue

Both the male and female leads are intelligent and strategic, while the supporting characters are loyal and warmhearted.

New Writers and New Books: Share Them Here

Looking for books like Sealing Demons and Eradicating Evil.

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.

Every Twist Leads to Another, and It Gets Better the More You Read

Books That Grab Your Attention and Make You Want to Read

Help! 🆘 Lately I want to read every novel, but I can't get into any of them. I need something so addictive I can't put it down 🥺🥺

Proper Historical Romance: No Golden Fingers, Just High-Quality Stories with Sound Values

Looking for books similar to *Bound by Spring's Embrace*.

Novels with Smart Leads That Are Worth Rereading Three Times

Any stories where both the male and female leads are smart, and the plot isn't completely generic?

Looking for Books by New Authors

Tell me about any good books you've got.

Please Recommend Newly Written Novels, Any Genre. I'll Give Them All Five Stars

Seeking High-Quality Historical Romance, No Transmigration, Rebirth, or System

I like food, palace intrigue, the imperial examinations, political schemes, and crime-solving. On Tomato, I’ve read The Strongest Female Grand Secretary Rises Against the Odds; for palace intrigue, Zhaohua Weiyang, Palace Willows, and Deep Palace Strategy: The Tale of Qingzhi; for food, Chang’an Snack Shop (I can’t remember if it was on Tomato).

I’m Out of Books... Don’t Recommend The Long Road to the Ends of the Earth, I’ve Read It

So many books just don't interest me anymore. I've already browsed most of the popular ones. Either the cookie-cutter blurbs put me off, or the blurb sounds good but then, a little way in, some uninteresting plot point makes me give up. Even the books I've liked for ages have ended. I'm seriously out of books to read.

I Really Need Ancient-Era Romance Novels Where Both Leads Have Only Ever Been with Each Other!!!

I mean, if everyone writing historical romance is already setting their stories in fictional worlds, why can’t they write a story where both leads have only ever been with each other?!?! How am I supposed to survive when that’s all I read?!?! Please, I need a couple who are each other’s first and only, a couple who are each other’s first and only, a couple who are each other’s first and only!!!!! I’m begging you 😭😭😭

High! High! High Quality! I Want High-Quality Stories, Not Brain-Dead Trash

No idiotic stories, no simplistic fluff, and no mindless wish fulfillment.

Power Plays, Scheming, and Brainy Strategists

Become my pawn once again. I will win this game, even if the gods themselves stand in my way. I will beat them by half a move.

Recommend a Novel That Was Let Down by Its Name

Looking for something similar to I Just Don't Want to Be a Young Master. The plot does not drag, the pacing is fast, and updates are frequent.

Out of Books to Read, Please Recommend a Good One

Looking for books like My Lord, You're a Woman? Give me some logically coherent novels with mind-blowing ideas.