A Painkiller for Time and Space

Amazing Period-Era Stories with Strong Female Leads Doing Scientific Research

Sophisticated Angst with Smart Characters and a Logical Plot

Looking for books similar to Palace Wall Willow. It doesn’t have to be the kind where the male and female leads must fight to the death, with one of them inevitably dying. There can be national hatred and family feuds separating them, or a divide between righteousness and evil. The story should be logical and reflect the thinking of normal people.

A Book That Makes You Examine Human Nature and Desire

Looking for stories like *Six Reboots*. The kind where there are flowers on the other shore.

Looking for an Unconventional Historical-Era Story

I'm tired of stories that are either about the black market or people watching the drama unfold.

Novels That Feel Very Real and Reflect Real Society

I’m sick of stories that are too brainless and idealistic. I want something more realistic.

I Found a Really Good Book Today.

I want books like Know No Evils: The Poor Scholar Really Is Poor.

Short Tragic Romance Stories from Douyin

The kind that makes your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys ache from the angst, and the heroine still hasn't forgiven him.

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

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.

Can We Stop Cramming So Many Golden Fingers into Period Dramas? It Feels So Fake

A Story That Makes Me Cry Every Time I Read It. Heartbreaking, but Sweet in the End

The kind that makes lots of people cry.

The Best Short Stories Online, Like the Ones Recommended on Douyin

Looking for books similar to Transmigrating into a Book as the Fake Young Master, I Recorded Everything from Start to Finish.

My Secret Collection of Tearjerkers, So Heartbreaking I Can't Bear to Read Them Twice

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Angsty Family-Bond Novels

Hey, everyone! Are there any family-focused tearjerkers, preferably without a romance plot? I really need a good cry right now (T^T)

Looking for Those Short, Heartbreaking Stories That Keep Showing Up on Douyin!!!!!

This Book Made Me Cry All Night, Even Though I Thought I Had a Heart of Stone

Don't be afraid. There are people protecting us behind the scenes.

Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Multiple Women + Northeast China or the Grasslands + Orphan or Lone Wolf + System or Pocket Dimension

Looking for books similar to Reborn in the Seventies: Sent Down to the Vast Grasslands. Rating must be at least 7.8, and it should be over a million words.

Crying from Beginning to End, So Heartbreaking It Hurts

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Stories Set in the 1980S: Realistic, Not Over-the-Top

Tragic Novels to Read While Crying, Anyone Have Any?

Looking for Period Novels Like A Lifelong Journey and The Alley!

Looking for books like *The Alley*.

Period-Era Stories, Ensemble Casts, Old Woman Reborn

Looking for books like *Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Abandons Her Son and Daughter*. A story set in a bygone era, with an ensemble cast and an old lady who is reborn. No golden finger, no System. Just everyday family life, lots of humor, and nothing cliched. Highly recommended!

Any Period Novels With a Cool, Detached Heroine? No Cutesy, Helpless Types

The Female Lead Has Seen Every Side of Life and Is Calm by Nature

Something with a setup like Ya She: a calm, mysterious female lead who seems to have everything anticipated. A male lead is optional. Please!!!!!!!