I don't know how to phrase it properly, so my title sucks. Basically I'm looking for a novel with a bit of research or information on it, doesn't matter if it's outside NU. Explaining what I'm looking for is a hassle, so I'm just gonna give an example from various manga/anime I know for you to easily understand what I'm looking for. Space Brothers - story about becoming an astronaut Koe no Kitachi - struggle of a deaf person Golden Kamui - a snapshot of ainus Cells at Work - anthropomorphized cells Shimanami Tasogare - LGBT done right Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? - fitness Otoyomegatari - story about central asia Sounan Desu ka? - survival Saijou no Meii - pediatric heart surgeon Maria the Virgin Witch(anime) - Realistic Medieval Combat now if you get the gist just don't recommend for something like these: Release that Witch - not bad, but too serious and too long for me Dr.Stone - much more absurd than above, but at least it's fun Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement - the manga barely bearable to read, but not its novel
FFF-Class Trashero is written by someone who most likely has a biology degree, and is pretty well researched in how the human body works, and how science can prevail in a fantasy world. And though it is still a fantasy novel, it gives a lot of explanations on how he does things.
Spice and Wolf - economy, specialy that church-merchant relationship and the effect of a decision on various level, place and people are god awesome There's also a novel with high in depth about mid medieval feudal nobility their relation with other class, their kings and intrigue..... but i forgot the name
Mahouka Kouko no Rettousei - scientific magic (ln) Toaru Majutsu no Index - esper vs magic (ln) Warhammer 40K - combination of magic, space, god, and tech. (Novel) Getbackers - they use complicated concept of Logic as a means to fight. (manga) Etc.
Bakuman - manga industry Temperature of Love - Screenwriting god of money - money War of Money - money
Romance of The Three Kingdoms....................... lul that aside The King's Avatar, put e-sport aside and game mumbo jumbo~ Big Guild competition toward various thing is good one~ I love how it explain guild structure, reason to choice it member, management and use of spy~ been there done that~ some of it lel~ I wanna put The Princess Wei Yang for how dark china harem intrigue on history~ which make me never dream to have one(actually cuz I learn harem history) but since it have plagiarism issue let put To Be Virtuous Wife~ Governing on old time I suggest Sevens but since you have read it then......... nothing come atm oh wait there Genjitsu blablabla that was translate by yukkuri if I remember it correctly Da Tang Shuang Long Zhuan, https://www.novelupdates.com/series/da-tang-shuang-long-zhuan/#comment-15622 I agree you will need map to really understand how it will happen later, oh also how 2 faction bad and good mingle over country ruler~ hmm I see it from tactical PoV
David Gerrold's War Against the Chtorr series: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=war+against+the+chtorr&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 It's the best of the "invasion of Earth" genre novels I've read. Instead of the ol' "space armada coming in and dropping down loads of shock troops", the Chtorr ... Spoiler is Chtorr-aforming the Earth first. It starts with Chtorr-ian bacteria to prep the environment, this allows the lower Chtorr-ian life forms to germinate and seed the Chtorr-an food chain, etc. Of course, it took a while for people to realize what was going on, but by then most of the population was dead. As of book 4, the actual intelligent invaders haven't been revealed yet. The invasion is the theme of the series, but Gerrold fills the novels with lots of other side topics. It's pretty heavy on all sorts of psychology, ponderings regarding sexuality, etc. An personal anecdote: in book-3, the MC encounters and stays for a while with a group who were taking care of orphans. The group was trying to heal the mental condition of the kids (you know, because about the whole world has gone to hell and everybody they knew had died). The cult-like group leader explained some techniques to the MC during this arc. Well, a few months later in real life, my coworkers and I were sent to a company training seminar. And I immediately recognized 7 team-building techniques that were described in the novel !!! There were probably a few more, though. Much later, I read that Gerrold was an avid follower of self-improvement/empowerment training. In fact, he taught them too. NOTE: the series stalled out at book-4 (released in 1992). In an old interview, Gerrold said that he expected the series to be around 7 books. The reason book-5 is delayed was due to the original publisher who bought the rights to it went out of business, so it's been in quasi-limbo since. There's been a few attempt to get it going again, but again, issues with publishers. By the way, Gerrold is still alive. I was mighty worried for a while. Edit: Some other David Gerrold novels you may be interested in: When Harlie was One (1972) - regarded as one of the quintessential novels about artificial intelligence. The Man Who Folded Himself (1973) - regarded as one of the quintessential novels about time travel.
1.Literally every single novel by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, etc) - his novel is all about myths, legend, and history (greek, egypt, nordic) 2. Lord of the Mysteries - about victorian steampunk era, tarot, and myth. 3. The King's Avatar - about e-sport game 4. Pet King - ok i was really surprised when i found that this novel has many information regarding pet and animal in general. Not only that, some parts of the story also explains about social issues, history, illness, and many interesting facts that i never knew until i read the story. Fyi, i even checked if those facts were true or not, so i guess this novel is quite educational. 5. Investment Life (the title is quite odd, oh it's BL btw) - it's about reborn man who build his wealth from zero. The author narrates the economic events of 1990s really well. And guess what, the setting is not only in China but also in US. You can find many things such as, China and US stock market, Wall Street, Goldman Sacs, Silicone Valley, and many giant industries at that time. At earlier chapter, the author even provides the real historical chart of Shenzen Stock Exchange in 1991.
Genjitsushugisha no Oukokukaizouki - How a Realist Hero Rebuild The Kingdom (light novel, jp) about kingdom building but much more interesting than release the witch imo Dr. Koto Shinryoujo (manga) or Jin Munakata (manga) both are about doctors, it has to be accurate at explaining surgeries, right? Suicide island (manga) (gore, sex) A bunch of suicide survivors are kidnapped and thrown into an island by the government. The protagonist have to learn some hunting skills to survive
Genjitsu bla bla blah Hahaha that was priceless, translators think leaving novels name in romaji is cool It is just annoying and even stupid
My Yandere Succubus Daughter is Mommy Warrior's Natural Enemy (Being re-titled to Click For The Transmigration Survival Guide) - It's set during a medieval era where banking and stocks have just been introduced (the equivalent of them during their infancy). Other financial stuff such as insurance and business becomes involved - Includes managing foreign relations - Includes court politics and conspiracies Martial King's Retired Life - Includes plenty of Wushu knowledge (prepare to explore various styles, weapons no longer taught as part of the official wushu syllabus - legitimate wushu) - Plenty of food knowledge, which includes exploring local delicacies, staples etc. - Takes in place in a partially real China (some added sects and locations not part of history) And what Asriu said, Da Tang Shuang Long Zhuan - Takes place over an expansive real China
I Love The World is very sci-fi-y. The MC is a scientist and finds himself in a medieval world which has magic. His approach to this is to figure out how this magic works in a particle sense. Lots of chemistry and general particle physics.