The Sun and Moon in the Steamer

Only New Books: Works by Newbie Authors

Writing as a newcomer isn't easy. Please recommend other newcomers to me. I'll read their stories carefully and leave comments. I respect every newcomer who puts in the effort, because I'm a newcomer too. Let's help each other out!

Recommend Some Good Books with Basic Common Sense

No school or academy settings, school beauties, goddesses, empresses, harems, male-male pairings, saintly heroines, teams where one person drags along several deadweights, or characters who act less than human and look for someone to own them.

Please Recommend Period-Era Stories. No Space!!! No Golden Fingers!!!!

Just a simple, peaceful life. The female lead can be gentle and sweet. No pocket dimension!!!!!!!! No golden finger!!!!!!!!!

Any Stories with an Ordinary Heroine, Average Looks but Great Charm or Bearing?

I’m tired of stories where every female lead is gorgeous, and I’m tired of female leads from ridiculously wealthy families, too. I just want an inspiring girl’s love story. Angst is fine, too~

Upright Values, Beautiful Writing, and Still a Thrill on the Third Read: High-Quality Novels

A high-quality novel with solid values and excellent writing, one that’s still enjoyable even on the third reread.

Looking for High-Quality Novels with No Skipped Chapters

I'm a bit picky.

I'm Hooked on Stories Set in a Bygone Era Lately!!! No Storage Spaces!! No Golden Fingers!

Preferably complete, well-written rather than amateurish, and fast-paced.

Looking for Genuine Farming Novels. No Pretending to Farm While Not Growing a Single Grain

Looking for Normal Period Pieces!

Looking for realistic stories set in a particular era! No contrived drama, no exaggeration, no love-brained characters, and no naive, sugary-sweet heroines!

Everyday Life Among Ordinary People, No Politics

Period-Era Fiction, Feel-Good Stories, Striving for a Better Life

The more realistic kind of story about working hard, not the type where they dig up lingzhi mushrooms and ginseng and stuff.

Rural Fiction

Looking for a More Realistic Story Set in a Past Era, Nothing Too Exaggerated, With Sensible Characters

Looking for something like "Transmigrating into a Book: A Seventies Gossip Lover's Self-Cultivation". I want a cautious, clever female lead. Period novels need to be a little more grounded, after all.

Any Novels That Feel Grounded and Close to Ordinary Life?

A Period-Era Story So Good It’ll Take Your Breath Away

Books to Read Before Bed

When I have nothing to do before bed, I feel like reading for a while. Are there any books that are easy to fall asleep to, but don’t have a boring plot? I love that feeling of nodding off while reading, then waking up in the morning and picking right back up where I left off.

Looking for Stories That Are Truly Healing, Thank You

Looking for something healing, not depressing.

Period Pieces! What's Your Number One Pick?

I want to read something like "The Day I Died, My Rough-and-Ready Husband Held Me and Cried All Night".

Your Number-One Period Drama

I want a heroine who's not a self-sacrificing saint or a naive, sugary-sweet pushover, and who's decisive, formidable, and badass.

Farming Stories, but No Constant Wild Boars and Rabbits, No Inviting People to Dinner, and No Red-Braised Pork

Looking for books similar to In a Year of Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but I Have a System and a Warehouse Full of Meat.

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.

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 ╯﹏╰

Stories with Fresh Plotlines and a Good Moral Compass

It can have a romance pairing or not. I want something that doesn’t follow the same old formulas people have been writing for years, but instead brings something fresh. No brainless, illogical comedy, and no mindless romance driven by hormones. Also, no protagonist with tons of Systems and golden fingers who is extremely...

Novels Set in the Countryside

I'm looking for a rural-style novel, the kind that feels fresh and eye-opening!