Political Novels by Authors Who Work in Government, No Brain-Dead Wish Fulfillment, Please 体制内作者写的官场小说，无脑爽文请勿推荐。谢谢
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I, Qi Tongwei, Refuse to Curry Favor With the Powerful. I'll Start as a Village Official 我祁同伟，不事权贵，从村官干起
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 2 Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉 No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but 247.2kReads9.5Score26.9kShelves
- 3 Climbing the Ranks and Proving the Way 升官证道 Synopsis: Lu Haoming's son-in-law said, “At government offices in the city, reaching director-general level is already the ceiling for people from farming families like us.” Lu Haoming refuses to believe it. The road to office is beset by countless obstacles. He's too handsome, attracting one beauty after another, and his outspoken nature brings him repeated setbacks. Watch how he breaks through and rises straight to the top. 90.2kReads9.5Score10.2kShelves
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Reborn in Officialdom: I Really Don't Want Another Promotion 重生官场：我真的不想再升职了
In 2003, Liang Weishi never wanted to enter government service. Yet through a series of fortunate coincidences, from the day he passed the civil service exam, he rose rapidly through the ranks...
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- 5 EN The Halls of Power: A Nobody's Ambition 官场：一个小人物的野望 Starting as a grassroots police officer in 2005, he repeatedly cracks major cases. Amid the treacherous twists and turns of officialdom, he carves out a distinctive path to promotion. 132.2kReads9.5Score15.3kShelves
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In the Name of the People: The Province's No. 2 Has Made a Move! 名义：省服第二出手了！
This is another possible ending within the story. What will change when the number-two player on the provincial server stops being a bystander? Does the arrival of a new force mean the balance of power is about to shift? And who will be the last one eliminated?
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The Female Official 机关女干部
A serious novel about officialdom that faces reality and holds firm to its principles. There's no simplistic division between “black and white,” only the real compromises and choices of life within the system. Here you'll find solid engineering details, meticulous criminal investigations, moving relationships, and steadfast faith. The story follows Lin Ruxi and Shen Chan as they work side by side to break through deadlocks and uphold justice amid the politics, reform, and personal struggles of Q
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The Official's Path: Rising to Prominence from a Funeral Home 官道：从殡仪馆平步青云
With a touch of scholarly refinement and a strong sense of justice, Zhang Yuanqing had been thriving in the officialdom until he hit a major setback. Then his girlfriend betrayed him, and he was banished to conduct research at a funeral home. Faced with deceit and sinister schemes, he refused to give up, finding a way to survive against all odds. Armed with the skill to bring down dragons, he set out from a humble background to forge a path to the very top. I am but a commoner from Jiangbei.
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- 9 Officialdom: I Rewrote the Script of My Life 官场：我重写了人生剧本 [Traditional Political Intrigue] [One Female Lead] [Begins at a University] Zhou Yang is reborn! This time, he begins his career in government by staying on at the university, rewriting his life and painting a sweeping portrait of an era. (The first novel in the Zhou Yang series) 11.7kReads9.2Score958Shelves
- 10 Suspended from the Start? I Join the Discipline Inspection Team Instead 开局停职？我转投纪委调查组 His superior was under investigation, his girlfriend was cheating on him, and after being targeted by office rivals, he was forced onto leave. Yang Dong hit rock bottom from the start, never imagining that a phone call would change the course of his life. He was seconded to the Discipline Inspection Commission's investigation team to save his superior, only to inadvertently trigger a massive storm. Yang Dong had this to say: "No need to panic. I'll have a cigarette and calm down first!" (No hare 531kReads9.3Score28.7kShelves
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I Transmigrated into In the Name of the People: I’m Handong’s Number Two 穿越人民名义，我是汉东二把手
Not a feel-good power fantasy. The timeline does not follow In the Name of the People. Chen Liyan, a top scorer in the college entrance exams from a humble family, says: I wasn't reading books, I was reading fate. A story combining several novels, focused on economic development. If you don't like the writing, just move along to avoid getting poisoned by it.
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- 12 The Ladder of Power: Showdown at the Summit 官梯：巅峰对决 Being an official is a skill. Jiang Yiming had barely started his job when he was sent down to Yangwan Village, but after helping a county leader through a personal crisis, he was promoted three ranks in one go! See how Jiang Yiming wins people over from every side, deftly escapes all kinds of traps, and lives by his credo: "Serve as an official, and bring prosperity to the people in your care!" 110.1kReads9.2Score6.6kShelves
- 13 Lu Beifang, Tonight the Officialdom Runs Red with Blood 路北方，今夜官血沸腾 [High-Octane, Passionate, and Deeply Sentimental Political Intrigue!] With power comes responsibility. One thought can separate public duty from private interest, like heaven and earth. Only by holding fast to your principles can you avoid being swept away by the storms or trapped by the gains and losses of personal relationships, and achieve great things. Lu Beifang came from humble beginnings, but lived an extraordinary life. He became a town mayor at 23, a county magistrate at 25, and married 114.7kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves
- 14 In the Name of the People: I'm Jiang Wenxue 名义：我是姜文学 Not long after Gao Yuliang was placed under investigation, Jiang Wenxue, the junior member of the Handong University clique, was investigated too. Jiang Wenxue had never taken bribes or broken the law in his life, but was framed simply because he was Gao Yuliang’s last and most cherished disciple. After being reborn on campus, Jiang Wenxue silently vowed: “Sha Ruijin, Hou Liangping, Li Dakang, just you wait!” 26Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 15 Aspirations in the Political Arena 官场之青云志 Reborn in 2002, he was hit by a car while saving a little girl and regrettably missed his civil service interview. His materialistic girlfriend wanted to break up with him, but Liang Jiangtao unexpectedly discovered that the girl’s grandfather seemed to be no ordinary man... Watch how he uses a perspective and experience twenty years ahead of his time, along with a heart devoted to serving the people, to build a remarkable career! Look forward to more in Officialdom: Ambition for the Clouds. 64.3kReads9.2Score7kShelves
- 16 A Laid-Back Civil Servant Forced to Become a Model Employee 体制内咸鱼，被迫营业成标杆 “It’s just a post at a rural legal office. I’m going to lie flat!” After repeatedly failing the civil service exams, a deliveryman transmigrates into Qi Tongwei from In the Name of the People. Unwilling to become a pawn in the power struggles between old foxes, he decides to accept his assigned post and lie flat for the rest of his life. But fate has other plans. Just as Qi Tongwei is looking forward to collecting his pension and dancing in the square, he is once again swept into the vortex of a 3.5kReads6.7Score102Shelves
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The Second Book by Tan Jian Ting Chao 弹剑听潮的第2本书
In the world of fame and fortune, he keeps his resolve hidden beneath a steely exterior. He never compromises his principles, and every move reveals his true mettle... He plans before he acts, breaks deadlocks through hard work, and builds his reputation with foresight. Through the ups and downs of officialdom, he never forgets his original purpose.
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- 18 In the Name of the People: Defying Heaven and Fighting Fate 人民的名义：胜天半子，与天争命 My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 536Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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Turning the Tables in the Civil Service Exam: Climbing the Ladder from the Interview Onward 公考逆袭：从面试开始一路攀登
People's affections are as thin as paper, and the world changes like a new chess game with every turn. Li Xiuyuan starts at the grassroots level, driven by a desire to get ahead. He takes one steady step after another, climbing higher with every move!
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- 20 Cleaning Up Handong's Bureaucracy in the Name of the People 名义整顿汉东官场 (No System, no live-in son-in-law plot. Qi Tongwei makes progress one step at a time.) A tenured professor at a modern university in a parallel world transmigrates into Qi Tongwei’s body after he is shot and falls unconscious at Lone Eagle Ridge. Breaking free of Handong, Qi Tongwei uses the memories of his past life to seize the opportunities of his era. He leverages his strengths to reach the very end and, in the name of the people, bring the guilty to justice. 113Reads6.2Score—Shelves
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In the Name of the People: Tongwei Is Sacrificed, and All of Handong Panics 名义：同伟祭天，全汉东都慌了
He transmigrates as Gao Yuliang, and from the start he’s in a deadly predicament: Qi Tongwei has just killed himself at Lonely Eagle Ridge, and the Discipline Inspection Commission is on its way to investigate! Don’t want to end up growing vegetables in Qincheng Prison? Then he has no choice but to flip the whole chessboard of Handong!
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- 22 In the Name of the People: Outplaying Heaven? I'm the Mastermind of Handong 名义：胜天半子？我，汉东执棋人 When the storm subsided and the dust settled, Xu Wenjie brushed off his sleeves. He had not only survived, but also taken center stage. He had never wanted merely to “gain half a move over Heaven.” He wanted to become the player who made the rules. 105Reads5.4Score—Shelves
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Soar All the Way to Immortality! 一路飞升！
Yang Ming, a county government civil servant, is demoted to a township government office, where he faces discrimination and suppression at every turn. When a flash flood strikes, he risks his life to save others and does a good deed, finally turning his fortunes around...
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The Road to Officialdom: One Text Message Changes My Fate 官途：一条短信改变命运
A breakup text quietly rewrites the career trajectory of a young official. In the world of politics, every step forward or back involves both calculations of the human heart and contests of power. Standing at a crossroads in his life, Li Anping takes his first steady step...
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In the Name of the People: I Take Over Qi Tongwei's Body, and the Handong University Crew Answers to Me 名义：魂穿祁同伟汉大帮我说了算
Transmigrating into In the Name of the People as Qi Tongwei, he starts by punching Liang Lu and kicking Liang Ping. In this life, I, Qi Tongwei, will not kneel. Whether it's Liang Lu or Liang Qunfeng, don't even think you can make me bow my head again! In Handong, what I say goes!
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- 26 Officialdom: My Connections Reach the Heavens 官场：我背景通天 69.9kReads9.1Score7.4kShelves
- 27 In the Name of the People: Judging Handong and Saving Qi Tongwei 名义：审判汉东拯救祁同伟 Liu Xiaofan, the son of a farmer, transmigrates into the world of In the Name of the People and awakens the [Justice Tribunal] System. Using the System, he exposes the wanton abuse of power and corruption in Handong's officialdom, the temptations of money and beautiful women, and the darkness hidden from public view! He'll use the System to help Qi Tongwei rise to the provincial level, creating a win-win situation where they both advance together. Liang Qunfeng, Chen Yanshi, Gao Yuliang, Li Daka 4.1kReads6.8Score100Shelves
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Tongwei's Path to the Department 同伟进部之路
My new novel is out: The Laid-Back Criminal Police Officer. It's the same familiar political workplace genre, so I hope my longtime readers will give it a look. This isn't a conventional power fantasy. It's a slow-burn political drama told from Qi Tongwei's perspective. He leaves Handong, quietly builds up his strength, and eventually returns to take it back. It includes plenty of realistic details and thorough descriptions of all kinds of work. Stick with it, and you'll definitely find some sur
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The Officialdom: Starting as the Top Provincial Exam Candidate 官道：从省考第一开始
If you don't know Ning Xinyuan when taking the civil service exam, then even calling yourself a hero is pointless! For people of the Eastern Continent, taking the civil service exam is an obsession! Better a government job paying 3,000 a month than a non-government job paying over 10,000! Ning Xinyuan lands a position at a major government agency in one shot, then rises rapidly through the ranks. As an official, he keeps the people close to his heart and never forgets his purpose, living out sto
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- 30 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 45.6kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves
- 31 The Official and the Kingpin 官枭 There is a set of rules to the art of public office. The ruthless are called fearless officials! The domineering are called strong-willed officials! The kindhearted are called officials who care for the people! Li Dong is a grassroots civil servant. Step by step, with help from the people and friends around him, he climbs to the pinnacle of his political career! 13.9kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
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In the Name of the People: I Report Myself from the Start 名义：开局我举报我自己
Luocheng: “Classmate Hou Liangping, you can’t investigate me just because I outrank you, can you? Is it really that hard to admit someone else is better than you? Have you ever tried looking for the problem in yourself? Sure, I reported myself, but do you even have the rank to investigate me?”
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- 33 In the Name of the People: Back in Handong! Monkey, Prepare to Die! 名义：重回汉东！请猴子赴死！ With a single gunshot, Qi Tongwei is reborn with the ability to hear people's inner thoughts! In this life, he knows the plot inside out and can see what's coming! Determined not to repeat his past mistakes and take his own life at Lone Eagle Ridge, he resolutely leaves Handong to seek his fortune in a vast new world! Ten years pass in the blink of an eye, and he now stands proudly at the top. When a mission brings him back to Handong under the radar, the three special operations brigades under 5.2kReads6.5Score179Shelves
- 34 The Handong Stage: Everyone Upholds the Law 汉东大舞台全员讲法纪 Handong is the stage. Whoever loses is the werewolf. Zhang Zhian had been away from Handong for years. Just as the province was on the verge of turmoil, he swooped in ahead of Sha Ruijin, arriving in this province riddled with undercurrents. He shattered everyone's unrealistic fantasies, faced the struggle head-on, and gave it everything he had... 87.9kReads8.4Score5.6kShelves
- 35 In the Name of the People: Calling Someone by Their Job Title at Work 名义：工作的时候称职务 [Entirely handmade, no AI] Lin Huai arrives in Handong, develops the economy, and launches the Handong Super League. You say I'm part of the Handong University clique? Then I'll hand you a list of famous Handong University alumni. They're all members. You figure out what to do with that. Respect people's choices. Never play nursemaid. Talk to Zhong Xiaai Remind Qi Tongwei who's been suppressing him Tell Hou Liangping to follow organizational principles 314.2kReads8.5Score23.5kShelves
- 36 The Road to Power: From a Grassroots Civil Servant to the Top 权力之路：从基层公务员到巅峰 Someone once said that the political world is a jianghu, and being an official isn't about holding office, but about navigating human relationships! Someone else said that politics is a game, a game of power and wealth! But Chen Li's conviction as an official is this: The greater the power, the greater the responsibility! 6.5kReads8.8Score444Shelves
- 37 In the Name of the People: Provincial Champions Step Aside, He Rules the Nation 名义：省服靠边站！他是国服天骄 After transmigrating to Handong, Zhao Changqing becomes the second-generation heir of the Zhao family. Should he keep living off his family and wasting his days in luxury? No! Guarding the secret that he is Zhao Lichun's son, Zhao Changqing begins serving the people at the age of twenty-four! From then on, Handong Province has a peerless public servant who devotes himself heart and soul to the people! He sweeps through Luteng, Jinghai, Jingzhou, and Luzhou, setting the Zhao family back on the ri 9.4kReads6.8Score257Shelves
- 38 One Move from Victory: Qi Tongwei's Glorious Political Career 胜天半子：祁同伟的荣耀仕途 "Defy fate by half a move? No. In this life, I'll fight Heaven for my destiny and win by a whole move!" At Guxing Ridge, Qi Tongwei pulls the trigger and returns to the turning point of his fate. That year, after rejecting Liang Lu, he is banished to a judicial office in a remote, impoverished village. He turns the Liang family's oppression into a ladder to success, relies on Pei Yihong's support, and rises rapidly on the strength of his impressive record. From the judicial office to the pinnacl 39.4kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 39 In the Name of the People: Ancestor Qi, I Only Play at the Top Level 名义：祁厅老祖，老夫只打巅峰赛 The plot of In the Name of the People has gone completely off the rails! Zhao Lidong, Zhao Liqiu, and Zhao Lichun are the nation's top trio of brothers! Zhao Donglai is Zhao Mengsheng's great-great-grandson, and his third uncle works for the Ministry of Public Security! Li Dakang has Li Yunlong, the man with the Italian cannon, backing him up, and his bloodline makes him a descendant of a family of military commanders. Gao Mingyuan and Gao Qiqiang are both illegitimate relatives of Gao Yuliang, 48.3kReads6.4Score1.7kShelves
- 40 A Fortunate Rise in Officialdom 官运升通 A son of a farming family rises through sheer perseverance and an indomitable spirit, reaching heights that others can scarcely imagine. 894Reads8.9Score107Shelves
- 41 In the Name of the People: We’re All Comrades, So Why Form Factions? 名义，都是同志哪来的山头 Xiao Jinzi: “Factionalism isn't allowed in Handong. How can the Handong University clique be allowed?” Pan Zelin: “We're all comrades. What Handong University clique?” “There's no Handong University clique, but the Sha family clique is starting to show signs of forming.” 67.2kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
- 42 Defying Heaven Itself: I, Qi Tongwei, Will Never Submit 胜天半子，我祁同伟绝不屈服 [Qi Tongwei + In the Name of the People + Defying the Odds] After transmigrating into Qi Tongwei from In the Name of the People, he is about to be assigned to the Yantai Mountain Judicial Office. Faced with Liang Lu's oppression, Qi Tongwei bravely fights back. If he can't change the outcome of being sent to work in the countryside, then he'll get out from under the Liang family's control. If you won't give me the benefits I'm entitled to, then you can forget about keeping your job... 21.9kReads7.5Score1kShelves
- 43 Transmigrating to 1977, Starting as an Educated Youth 穿越七七，从知青开始 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.7Score124Shelves
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Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I’ll Defy Fate and Change My Destiny 重生汉东赵瑞龙，我要逆天改命
He transmigrated into the world of television dramas and became Zhao Ruilong, the ultimate villain in In the Name of the People. This was the year before the Zhao family built its food city in Luzhou! This was the year the Gao brothers had only just started selling pagers! To prevent the Zhao family from being destroyed in the future, I, Zhao Ruilong, must defy fate and change my destiny! I'll build capital and develop high technology: lithography machines, new energy, jumbo jets, the internet..
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- 45 Carefree in the Workplace 职场逍遥 His career is going nowhere, his wife has betrayed him, and his family is in trouble. As Li Henshui, whose past is shrouded in mystery, faces the darkest moment of his life, see how an ordinary man turns the tables, thrives at work, and finds love by his side. 1.8kReads9.3Score375Shelves
- 46 Reborn Gao Yuliang: Getting Younger With Every Year 重生高育良：越活越年青 [In the Name of the People]+ [The Knockout]+ [Gao Yuliang] After being reborn, Gao Yuliang finds himself getting younger by the day, while his political career begins to soar. He reclines in a beauty's lap and rules the world when he wakes. 20Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 47 The Capital's Young Master Goes Through Trials, and All of Handong Goes Crazy 京圈公子历练，全汉东疯了 [Realistic political drama + fast-paced + immensely satisfying face-slapping + evildoers get what they deserve] Su Zhe transmigrates into the world of In the Name of the People. From the start, he's a young master from Beijing's elite circle, with a powerful family background and countless resources and connections. Yet his father insists that Su Zhe start at the grassroots level. He's assigned to Handong as deputy to Sun Liancheng, the second-in-command of Guangming District in Jingzhou! Li Dak 35.8kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves
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Just Got a Government Job and Got Dumped? I Turned Around and Became the County Magistrate's Secretary 刚上岸就分手？反手我成县长秘书
Tags: Politics, Comeback, Veteran, Power Struggles, Face-Slapping In the summer of 2008, just before his transfer out of the military, Lu Hao is abandoned by his girlfriend, Lin Xueer. A twist of fate leads him to rescue Su Ya in a crisis. His abilities earn him a position as her secretary, drawing him into the vortex of power. Lu Hao ventures into the grassroots ranks, gathers evidence, and joins forces with Su Ya to take on local kingpin Zhang Minghai and his interest group. This novel follows
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- 49 I'm Qi Tongwei, and I Married a Widow. What Business Is It of Yours, Hou Liangping? 我祁同伟娶寡妇，关你侯亮平屁事 [Sniper-shotting madman + ruthless and laconic + sometimes openhearted, sometimes sly + respects Gao Zhiliang and makes good use of Director Cheng + becomes the king of Handong at forty] In his first life, Qi Tongwei shot himself at Lone Eagle Ridge, his dream shattered by Hou Liangping’s endless rhetoric. In his second life, Qi Tongwei allied himself with the Zhao family. He became the king of Handong, but Zhao Lichun’s influence kept him from going any further. In the end, he died of illness b 257Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I, Qi Tongwei, Defy Fate and Leave Hou Liangping Terrified 我，祁同伟逆天改命，吓坏侯亮平 Qi Tongwei transmigrated, arriving three years before Ruijin’s parachute appointment. Three years! That was enough time for him to grow stronger. As he was lost in thought, the Winner in Life System loaded! “With the plot ahead of me and a System at my side, I, Qi Tongwei, won’t meet the same end again!” Qi Tongwei decided to change his strategy. He began to alter the course of his life and set out to become a winner in life... He had Gao Xiaoqin establish the Qi Group and expand into every maj 513Reads6.3Score—Shelves
