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To Clear Things Up, Tomato Novels Are Free, but Some Titles Are VIP-only

Anything is fine as long as the writing is good, the author updates regularly (preferably a completed story), and the protagonist isn't pretentious!!!

Novels That Capture Human Nature in All Its Complexity

New Authors Hoping to Make It Big, Follow and Review Each Other

Looking for books like "The Poison and Martial Arts System".

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.

The End of Novels Is Literature…

Looking for books similar to Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk. A classic! A study! A literary work!

Looks Like Reading a Novel, But You're Actually Learning

Looking for books like It Looks Like I'm Reading a Novel, But I'm Actually Studying for the Civil Service Essay Exam. Who can study without going crazy? Learn whenever you get the chance!

Books That Feel Close to Real Life

Any recommendations for good books that feel especially close to real life?

Looking for Novels with Mature Characters and Intense Romantic Tension

I'd like to read about adult relationships, weighing the pros and cons, intense push and pull, and clear-headed characters.

Urban Slice-of-Life, Realistic and Immersive, with Vivid, Believable Writing

No transmigration, cultivation, fantasy, or whatever else. I want something real: grounded in everyday life, with sincere emotions that resonate.

Urban Slice-of-Life Novels, No Breaking Up Right Away or Showing Off and Face-Slapping

I Want to Read a Normal Urban Novel

Any genre is fine, as long as the plot makes sense.

Any Novels That Feel a Little More Realistic?

Set in a city, with decent writing and a realistic feel.

Novels That Portray Human Nature as Truly Dark

Fiction That Feels Close to Real Life

No transmigration, no being reborn, no System, a normal setting, no fantasy, no mind-reading, not a comedy, no transmigrating into a book, no angst, no tragic ending, and modern romance. Do stories like this even exist anymore?

Super-Angsty Urban Novels

A really angsty urban novel.

Realistic Urban Fiction

In this world of desire, you are my last faith.

Looking for Thought-Provoking Books

Looking for books with characters who are smart and capable. No brainless stories or pure wish fulfillment; I want something with depth. Even better if it explores traditional culture.

Modern Urban Stories: Startups, Everyday Life, Business, and the Workplace

Novels about urban life, starting a business, commerce, and workplace life, from the beginning of reform and opening up to the present day. Reborn or transmigration stories are both fine. I'd mainly like stories that start in China, though stories that start overseas are also

Looking for Books with Original, Unconventional Plots. Please!!!

As long as it's not the same old formula, thanks ๑•́₃•̀๑

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 Urban Life Novels That Feel Close to Reality

Down-to-Earth Urban Money-Making Stories About Ordinary People

These days, it's either some billionaire or trillionaire getting reborn and becoming an ordinary person, but somehow they can't bring anyone along. If they're already so amazing, why get reborn? To do it all over again? Or the protagonist starts out as an ordinary person with a miserable life, then gets reborn and immediately gets divorced, takes revenge, or saves their family.

Are There Many New Authors Who’ve Written Novels Over 800,000 Words Long?

Looking for stories like There's No Most Cautious, Only More Cautious.

Looking for Realistic Marriage Stories, Nothing Too Far-Fetched or Overly Sweet

Everyday life, realistic views on marriage, a couple working together, marital conflicts, careers, family, children, and mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships. Keep it realistic, please. No wealthy-family romances; they feel too far-fetched.