reading / (figuratively) understanding of something, speculation about something

to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

(literary) they (about women or girls)

web novel where characters' (especially the protagonist) names can be redefined freely; Y/N

(literature) a full-length novel

a short novel, novella, short story

mystery novel, detective novel

novelist, fiction writer

experimental novel

picaresque novel