A Steadfast Heart, An Unfading Wind

Short Stories That Leave You Awestruck

Short but stunning novels, angsty, sweet, or historical in style. Around 10 to 80 chapters, or 20,000 to 100,000 words.

Short Tragic Stories That'll Make Even Someone with a High Tear Threshold Cry

Historical or modern settings are both fine.

BE Aesthetics: The Kind That Makes Me Cry Until I Can't Breathe, Cry with Heartache, and Breaks Me Completely

Tomato's Four Great Tearjerkers 🍅

Angst Novels With Relentless Heartbreak from Start to Finish!!!

Tragic romance.

Angst! More Angst!! The Kind That Makes You Lose Ten Pounds Just From Reading!!!

Finished Novels That Leave You Awestruck and Linger in Your Mind

Completed novels that are stunning to the core and linger in your mind long after you finish them.

Short and Complete

Short, completed novels, sweet or angsty, age-gap romances are fine too. No idol school stories. Historical or modern settings are both fine. Recommend anything you think is good, but it absolutely has to be short and complete!!!!!

The Shortest Books on Tomato Novel

Please Recommend Engrossing Tomato Novels Without Stupid Plotting

Villain, urban, or fantasy novels are all fine 😊 I'm a seasoned reader of ten years, so please don't recommend beginner-level novels; I can't get into them. I'm older now and hope to read something with a well-reasoned, tightly plotted story. I don't mind power fantasies, but I don't want everyone else to act stupid just to make the protagonist look smart.

A Divine Book Should Not Lie Beneath the Dust, Hidden Away From the World

Any Short Stories That Are Brief but Really Good?

I hope the protagonist has sound values.

Angst, Angst, Angst! Short! Even More Painful Than The Erosion of Love, the Kind That Leaves Me Unable to Stop Crying

I Love Watching Clear-Headed People Fall, With Top-Tier Emotional Push And Pull As Love And Hate Wax And Wane

Looking for stories similar to To Save Her Life, She Went to the Temple to Seduce the Most Treacherous Minister. The male lead is an aloof, untouchable paragon who always keeps his composure. But a scheme mixed with a little genuine affection throws him completely off balance. In the end, after all their hatred and resentment, he still resents the heroine for not loving him enough!

Bad Endings!!!! Extremely Angst-Ridden, with Illness and the Character Actually Dying at the End!!

Angsty Stories That Put the Heroine Through Hell, Really, Really Badly

I want angst.

Angst, So Much Angst It Hurts, Enough to Make You Want to Cry

Angst! Angst! Keep It Short

Historical or contemporary romance is fine. A few things I'd rather avoid: reformed playboys, substitutes, and first loves who are idealized as the one who got away. Any ending is fine, as long as it's good.

Seeking Short Tragedies That Hurt So Much You'll Cry Until Your Liver Aches and You Can't Breathe

Seasoned Readers Only, Don't Recommend Anything Bad!

I've already saved a million readers from abandoned books.

The Best Short Stories on Tomato: Pure Wish Fulfillment?

Looking for books like *A Gorgeous Immortal Falls in Love with Me*.

Angsty Ensemble Cast Stories, Especially About Friendship

A Little Angst Is Good, Lots of Angst Is Fine Too, as Long as It Ends Happily

Something with a more original premise. Short stories are fine, too. Unrequited-love angst is fine as well. A little angst is fun, but too much is heartbreaking!

Short Stories: The Short Story Section Is Gone, and There Are No More Books to Read

School stories or wealthy-family stories are both fine.