Shanghai Fireworks,

Looking for Urban Novels About Real Life

Any good urban novels that feel close to real life and are on the longer side?

Looking for Books with a Lawful Good, Righteous Protagonist: No Conspiracy Theories or Showing Off and Face-Slapping

I've read too many cookie-cutter plots. I want something sunny, healthy, and uplifting. No deep-dive analysis, just give the kids a little hope, please!

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.

Authors Nowadays Can't Write Unless There's Showing Off and Face-Slapping, or Someone Getting Mocked

Please, no brain-dead protagonists. I just want someone normal with at least a little common sense.

Any Good Books Where Every Character Is Smart, the Logic Is Sound, and the Story Flows Well?

Fellow Chinese Readers, Be Honest: What Books Do You Read Most on Your Bookshelf?

Anything goes, whether male- or female-oriented: System stories, urban fiction, romance, mystery and suspense, and so on.

Any Stories That Feel True to Life? Please, With Authors Who Use Their Brains!

I don’t want either lead to be stupid. I hope the story has a warm, everyday feel. They don’t have to be rich, but there absolutely shouldn’t be any huge misunderstandings between them. Both should be pure in love, please and thank you. I’ve been reading for years, and so many authors write things that make no sense. Sigh ╯﹏╰

Does Tomato Really Not Have a Single Novel About KARDS?

Novels That Capture Human Nature in All Its Complexity

None.

What Kind of Books Do People Over Fifty Want to Read?

Some older people couldn’t even scan a health code during the pandemic, and they ended up on CCTV News. Are they really that helpless? Do they use the internet? Read Toutiao? Read novels? What kinds of novels do they like?

I've Been Feeling Brave Lately. Any Terrifying Stories to Get My Heart Racing?

Horror!! So scary d(ŐдŐ๑)!!!

Inside and Outside Marriage: The Secrets Couples Keep from Each Other...

Marriage! Divorce! Remarriage! Stories about the male and female leads and their married lives... Preferably sweet and indulgent romance!

Wives Regret It

Looking for something similar to I Mistook Her from the Start, and Became My Ex-Girlfriend's Brother-in-Law?

His Wife Betrays Him, Then the Truth Comes to Light

Looking for Stories With an Enslaved Female Lead Whose Life Is Worth Next to Nothing and a Powerful Male Lead

The heroine is timid and careful around the male lead, but he still misunderstands her and has her locked in a dungeon. Angst stories along those lines, please.

Family Drama, Angst, and Cautionary Tales

Looking for books like A Counterattack Through the Keyhole. This one has an impressive 9.8 rating and is beautifully written. It really makes you think after reading.

Works by Lao Zei, Guaranteed to Be Top-Quality

I want to read something similar to Return to 1985: Stories from Northeast China. My absolute favorites are still the old author's Stories from Northeast China and Bandit Road. They are grounded in reality, down-to-earth, and authentic. Even the period settings are based on the actual circumstances of the time. They are full of funny moments while still being moving, and...