Whenever we got one of those I have to explain I usually read fantasy and/or sci-fi. I have been grinding at one for so long I can't really say what it was before, probably one of the Apothecary Diaries ones, love the story overall about a girl in the imperial court who got abducted to work there at first but slowly gets into working there and has to solve a lot of mysterious things going on. Got an anime and manga adaption so there's that(both are really good too).

I'm currently grinding @ lord of mysteries, a translated book from chinese. I started it since I saw they'll be making an anime(and they did in the meanwhile)..I'm like 1/3 through them all(of the first, there's a second one also which is equally long), according to my reader around 9k pages so I'll still be there for a while.

Story is quite interesting, the main character gets transported into a world with magic in it set in a Victorian, more steampunk-y world. He is no blank slate though, he takes over the body of someone who tried to kill himself, seemingly healing from death. What I really love about it is how the story is quite lovecraftian, don't look directly at god, don't fiddle with things you don't know, one slip up can cost you your sanity and then your life. Their magic system is also very in-depth. I don't wanna say too much, I just wanna give out my wholehearted recommendation...just be warned it's long and depending on what version you read more or less okay in terms of translation. I found one that's quite alright, still had 1-2 weird phrasings but I got used to those...that's just how it is when it is a translated novel from Chinese.

Sorry if it's too fantasy heavy, I don't really read too much historical books anymore, been doing that way too much in the past and now just wanna read fantasy/sci fi/alternative history/nothing too serious.