After the Divorce, My First Love and Ex-Boyfriend Won't Leave Me Alone

Ordinary Life, With Down-to-Earth Leads and Everyday Warmth

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.

Novels That Are a Little More Realistic

The female lead has been deeply hurt by her family, then the male lead comes along and brings warmth into her life.

Stories That Feel Realistic and Aren't Over the Top. Heartbreak Is Fine, Too

I want a plot that isn't cliched. No naive, sweet heroines who go blank in the head and are helpless against flirting the moment they meet the male lead. Also, don't spend too much time describing the leads' looks.

Any Good Novels About Mature Men and Women? Please Recommend Some!

Looking for books similar to Love at First Sight. Mature men and women, direct pursuit of love, either pure or non-pure relationships are fine, workplace romance and marriage.

Any Novels That Feel Grounded and Close to Ordinary Life?

Looking for Books That Feel Especially Realistic

Close to real life.

Looking for Love Between Adults Around Thirty: Weighing the Pros and Cons, Realistic and Low-Key

Looking for books like "The Answer". It doesn’t need to be a passionate, earth-shaking romance. They could meet through a matchmaking arrangement and fall in love after marriage. They don’t have to be each other’s only partner. I’m fine with a low-key, everyday story. Their social status doesn’t need to be worlds apart either.

Family and Marriage Stories That Feel Realistic and Down-to-Earth

Looking for books similar to "Falling into Love? No, Falling into a Grave!"

Looking for Stories About Ordinary People Falling in Love

Any recommendations for realistic novels where both leads are ordinary people, not geniuses or rich heirs, and both their parents are still alive?

Looking for Stories Where the Leads Aren’t Each Other’s Firsts

Please! Anything is fine as long as it isn’t strictly one-partner-only.

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.

Even an Ordinary, Unremarkable Girl Deserves to Be Loved

An ordinary, average female lead. She's not a saint or a fake innocent, and has no golden finger. She's very relatable, and she has the same worries I do.

Please! Are There Really No Books Like The Marriage of Secretary Qiu?

I'm looking for something like Secretary Qiu's Marriage. Something calm and realistic like that.

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.

Please Recommend Stories About Ordinary People Falling in Love

I don't want to read stories about romance among people who have nothing to do with ordinary life anymore. No more CEOs, goddesses chasing after the male lead, or male leads who are loaded. I want to read about ordinary people having simple, everyday romances.

The Hero and Heroine Are Normal People! Normal People!!

Are there no normal people on Tomato Novel?! No yanderes! No brooding types! No jealous possessive types! No violent types! No idiots!! Just give me some normal people with solid values 🥹

Great Completed Novels!

Finished books only, no ongoing series! I've already got way too many in my bookshelf.