Novels similar to solo leveling or The Novels Extra which has game elements and op protagonists ... more>>

Novels are ranked based on how much i enjoyed the book.

FL/ML

Novels not in novelupdates: 
-Nanomancer Reborn - I've become a snow girl

-NoGift <<less

Only novels I didn't drop or regret finishing, meaning I enjoyed everything here greatly. Expect nice fights or interesting world building, and not very much politics.... more>>

List is ordered by quality.

If you want to read Japanese stuff I highly recommend you begin with anime/manga, like Vagabond and Hunter X Hunter. If you want action it's best if you can actually see it, right? <<less

Don't expect many harems with characters who can't think for themselves or fall in love with the MC before page 1. Many might have a slow moving plot... have to invest yourself into the characters to find the tragic, beautiful and poignant!... more>>

First, some English original webnovels that are superb and easily googleable (in order of best characters, not necessarily plot): 
1. Trailer tr*sh
2. Iron Teeth
3. Castle Kingside (rewrite)
4. Metaworld Chronicles
5. The Good Student
6. Worm (Parahumans)
7. AnimeCon Harem (18+)
8. Mother of Learning
9. Selena's Reign
10. Double Blind: A modern litRPG
11. Tidal Lock (unfinished)

Note that I've been recently pruning and updating the list to remove some that were just good stories with average characters and move them over to new lists that are top of their genre. You can see all my rec lists at https://www.novelupdates.com/user/10378/tallrice/ <<less

No specific order~

Basically novel I personally love so much I don't want to ever forget them.

Well, almost all my reading list.

My go-to Chinese Novels.

Novels you will binge, throw your money away, and put a countdown timer just for the next chapter. 

No description.

The character is well developed and the story very entertaining.. you haven't read it? then you lost it

BL novels I've read or am reading that I've thoroughly enjoyed.... more>>

I'll admit some are flawed (hence guilty pleasure) but they're mostly great reads with some of my favourite tropes. <<less

My personal favourite reads... more>>

Refer to lists 4/5 rating, 3/5 rating and 2/5 rating for more novels <<less

Harem/Polygamy novels with P L O T , large selection of waifus & a story worth your time. (May contain OP MC) 

Need that starting from humble beginnings progressing to vast empires and kingdoms fix? Or a weak MC that grows with a small territory into becoming... more>> a broken MC with a large kingdom. Novels suggested are based around territory-building and character-growth.  (Some may contain romance/harem tags) <<less

I have collected the few stories with reasonable & moral characters and character development. In most of these stories, the powers  MCs have are earned... more>> not given. I have avoided harem tags like the plague, due to many cardboard cutout supporting characters. However, the few stories with harem tags listed actually have characters with at least 2D/3D personalities. almost all of these have a rating of 4+ as the quality(rating) is more important than the quantity(popularity). Incomplete stories can be pirated using nyaa.si, vn miedo, ect. <<less

Curated repository of assorted works of indelible memories. ... more>>

For the connoisseur. <<less

Every time I visit the front page of NU and I see a long title for a JP WN, I know its story and characters are going to be shallow and a waste of my time . I've been sick of the infinite number of the "fantasy RPG" Japanese WNs out there and Chinese WNs that drag on for thousands of chapters. Korean novels tend to be better in that respect by having a unique story and being easy to read without seeing half the chapter used up to describe insignificant details. ... more>>

Yeah there's still some isekai novels here but at least it's going to have good progression and character growth. <<less