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Historical Fiction: Serious Dramas, Ensemble Casts, Livestreams, Alternate History, and Fun
A complete jumble of genres: imperial exams, nation-building, court politics, and fun. Both male and female leads. Romance is very light, or even nonexistent. I'll update whenever I feel like it.
Career-Focused
Infrastructure building / imperial exams / studying / technology / farming / literary greats
Romance
Heroine, woman disguised as a man, strong heroine, male lead
Four-and-a-Half-Star Books That Couldn’t Quite Make Five ①
Great books that I couldn't give five stars to. When will they raise the limit on reading lists?!
Female Leads of Every Kind
The female lead is the master of her own life and takes control of her future
Strong Female Leads, Empresses, Women in Power
When a woman’s inner life is impoverished and she’s fixated on being loved and desperate for approval, no amount of ability or resources can easily save her from the hardships of reality.
Doesn't Love Women
Heh
Female-Centered
Women come first here, no matter who they are. This is just my personal take: the career plotlines tend to take up a large share, and the list's name limits what I can include.
Stories That Love Women
I read everything. I love stories centered on women and strong female leads, and read both BG and GB. My tastes are complicated: I love melodrama, love triangles, guys fighting over each other, and polyamory.
Really Good BG Romance
Books I've read among the ten thousand, still worth recommending
Timeless Classics
My all-time favorites, reread countless times. Mostly long, top-quality stories about leveling up and growing stronger. I recommend them to everyone.
Books I Finished on Jinjiang Over the Years
I've been an avid reader for over ten years. Every book here gets five stars (even though I can't give them five anymore).
Books I Love to Read
I love every one of these.
Novels I've Read More Than Once
Strong female lead
Books I Paid for but Eventually Dropped
It's a good book with an audience of its own. I'm just not part of that audience; we're not a good fit... I may sound a little harsh, but I needed to get this off my chest. Anyway, goodbye forever.
Books That Seem Pretty Good
A bit of everything
Heartwarming Reads to Stock Up On
Stories that crossed our paths over the years. Hope to meet you again this winter as we stock up on reads.
Strong Female Protagonist Novels
Independent women
Good Stories I’ve Read
Mostly stories with strong female leads, though stories without one are welcome if they have something special. Romance and no-CP stories must have an exciting plot. For romance-focused stories, I only read yuri.
Strong Female Leads
Strong female leads and stories centered on women. I prefer a serious tone and can't get into anything too abstract. (Only collecting ones I've read in recent years.)
Historical Novels with Powerful Female Leads
Historical stories where the female lead takes power, sits the imperial exams, becomes emperor, and so on.
My All-Time Favorite Strong Heroines
Long live the strong female lead!!! (Everything on this list gets five stars by default.)
Collection of Locked, Abandoned, and Classic Old Novels
A list of nostalgic old-school web-novel classics from the days of 404 Not Found and the early web-novel era, stories that broke the mold. Includes BL and incest.
Romance Grab Bag, Including No-Romance Stories, Still Looking for Something to Read
Personal preferences: plot > romance. I prefer stories centered on the heroine and BG pairings. I can't handle sad endings at all, only happy endings. Almost no derivative works. Finished (hit the list limit, damn it).