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It's So Hard to Find a Tomato Novel With Both Great Writing and a Great Plot

Ladies, please stop recommending books! The pandemic is over, and us busy working stiffs don't have time to read! 😭

The Pinnacle of Historical Fiction

Looking for books similar to *Tang Dynasty: Defying the Imperial Decree Is the Only Way to Get Stronger*. This book makes me cry every time I read it. I've read it five or six times, and I still cry. I just can't believe anything else is better. It's the strongest historical novel in my book! An 8.9 rating is way too low. I'd give it a 9.

High Quality Only! No Beginner-Friendly Fluff

No Female Lead. The Protagonist Stays Single the Whole Time. This Monk Is Trying to Give Up Lust

Ancient-era Stories About Building up Your Own Power Step by Step

Secretly establishing his own faction

High-IQ Historical Alternate-World Novels Without a System, Tang, Song, or Ming Are All Fine

Stories With Solid Values, Good Prose, and a Grand Scope

Something like *Cherish the Flowers* or *The Best Lyricist*.

I Don't Believe Tomato Has Any Masterpieces with Deep Ideas, Epic Scope, and a Grand, Sweeping Feel

I still haven't found a novel like this.

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

Why Does There Have to Be a Female Lead? Some Male Leads Should Have No CP

Looking for books like Who Wants to Become a God? Didn't You All Force Me Into This? Some male leads are written as completely emotionless, but the author insists on giving them a female lead. Or the female lead is so weak that she's always holding the male lead back or becoming his Achilles' heel. What I hate most is when every time the female lead runs into

Well-Researched Historical Fiction

I’m looking for content similar to Disguised as a Zhuge: The Vast Heavens? Rebuild the Han Dynasty!

The Ming Dynasty Series Has No Bad Books. I Dare You to Disagree!

Looking for books like The Ming Dynasty's First Duke. What does the Ming Dynasty mean to us? The last Han Chinese dynasty? Factional strife and popular resentment? Or the emperor guarding the nation's borders and dying for his country? The Ming Dynasty was the last backbone of Chinese civilization. If you had the chance, would you be willing to go to the Ming

Ming Dynasty Historical Fiction with Sound Logic, Please. No Mindless Transmigration!

Looking for books similar to Two Deserters and a Widow.

Classic, Engaging, No Idiotic Characters, No System, No Showing Off. Anything Else Goes

I don't want that kind of simplistic, amateurish novel.

Come On! Bury Me in Fine Prose

Looking for books like The Gods' Fool. I'm tired of Ten Days, finished God of Drama, and Slaying the Gods is old news. Tomato Novel has no great books left.

My Favorite Historical Novel on Tomato Novel

I'm looking for books like Taking Another Name in Langya. Transmigration isn't a dinner party; it's a deadly game at every turn. The plot should be vivid and interesting, with side characters who are smart. The protagonist should slaughter their way through life-or-death situations. It should be historically accurate, with a natural romance.

The Best of the Best in Historical Fiction

Give Me a Dozen Novels With No Female Leads and No Romance

Honestly, books like this are so hard to find these days. Please, please, someone help a reader out!

Alternate History, High-IQ Characters, Military Conflict, and Strategic Showdowns

The protagonist defeats opponents through high intelligence rather than mindlessly overpowering them.

I'm a Veteran Reader Looking for Smart Characters, Solid Logic, and Mature Writing 🙏

I'm getting more and more fed up with brainless stories that make no sense. Give us characters with some brains! I'll read any genre as long as it makes sense. 🙏

If It Doesn't Catch On, I'll Keep Promoting It. This Great Story Deserves Better!

Looking for stories like *Zhou Tiancheng and His Five Colorful Girlfriends*. Carefully crafted by the author and close to real life, it lays bare the ugliness and greed of human nature and reflects the chaos of society.

Meticulously Researched Historical Fiction

A twisting, suspenseful plot, a protagonist who's not an idiot, and something I can learn from while reading. Ideally, it should be close to real history.

What’s the Most Popular Historical Novel on Tomato Novel?

I want something like Claiming the Surname Zhuge: Vast Heavens, Rebuild the Han Dynasty!

Top-Tier Political Intrigue

Looking for books similar to "I Heard the Ruthless Regent Secretly Loved Me." Please recommend top-tier ancient-setting stories about a female protagonist and extreme political intrigue.