Mostly action some army building or friendship 

Beautiful slice of life stories.... more>>

Somehow give me the feels of a RAINY season.

...a light drizzle in a foggy afternoon overlooking the scenery beyond your room's window

...a journey back home during a stormy night <<less

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Genre is mixed, anything that makes me spend days reading it! Any novels that makes me feels intense emotions! The order doesn't matter~... more>>

All kind of pairing might come up(or even no pairing)! For example, while it's not pure BL, the sense of bromance is high so its possible if you want to ship it. Even if BL show up there won't be R-18 stuff in here, I'm more fond of fluff and slow burn than smut. Also healthy relationship only!! 

I also love wholesome relationship development so family / friendship genre will definitely show up! The trope that will show up frequently is Found Family, Misunderstanding(not between the couple but to others lol), Fluff, Slow Burn, Angst, BAMF, etc.  <<less

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1) story-focused, grand outer plot

2) world-building, specifically not about romantic growth, but personal and professional growth

BLs focusing on MC-ML's life and adventure, not checking off romantic checkpoints. Story is filled with world building. Low to NO romance in the early chapters, Aro-Ace friendly. Not in any order. 

//friends, rivals become lovers //three-dimensional side characters //plot focused //love grows over time //fake bromance <<less

Best superstar novel I’ve read, most of them has good translation.... more>>

If you have other good novel with this trope recommend me some pls. <<less

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Brief description of my recommended list will be that it's mostly randomized in genre and not in ranking. I prefer to read action, adventure and camaraderie. I read BL but you'll also be able to see het pairs. I will diligently try to make small comments on the novels that I will put in here as well as my status and how many times i drop and reread the series until completion or latest update.... more>>

Also, the ADHD mention is Undiagnosed but possible cause my attention span is really bad...

Some terminologies I might use while making small comments (will be updated if needed to be):

-FuwaFuwa = stories that have elements, characters, or pairing that are lighthearted or I cheer for them while I read them.

- LR = "Last Read" chapter. |  #oHT = "# of head turn or how many times I actually dropped this to read another story"  |  TiTtR = "Time it Took to Read" |  #oRR = "# of ReReads" 

This list won't be for you if you're looking for wuxia and xianxia. Mostly cause my head can't grasp the terminologies rather than disliking the plot. There would be stories that brush upon them but none that focuses on them so far. <<less

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These novels has no clear love interests, nor any future romance that I expect, and had given me the chance to ship anyone as I like, or enjoy the non romance relationships that I like, and enjoy the not romance related plot.... more>>

* most of the novels are on going, if not all of them

* this list is in progress

* I read all of them. But not to the end of the translated chapters for some of them <<less

these are some korean+chinese novels that i have read in the past and really liked. there are obviously a lot of really famous ones. they are a wide range of genres ranging from action to slice of life (no romance tho). hope you like my list. ... more>>

p.s. im still writing my reviews and thoughts, so the list is not finished lol. it is not exactly reviews, its more like my stream of consciousness... 

i wanted to create a separate list for bromance, but i realized that almost all of the novels here have it. so, i will put them together here, but will specify the status of romance plot and bromance in each novel.

also its so hard finding good no romance novels...

p.s. there might be some novels with romance subplot. mostly it will be really minor and never interfers with the main goal or it is usually written in the extras after hints of romance in the main story. <<less

"shameless protagonist" tag just for mo ran ;D

Tired of a good novel being ruined by a disappointing love story? Romance and the development of love relationships between the main characters are put... more>> in the forefront and step over an interesting plot and idea, but not here. The novels provided below will not disappoint with their evasion of the genre or make you cry because of the mu*dered interesting setting and characters. They only focus on the story, believable character development, no OOC, etcetera. <<less

[ACADEMY LOVE]

Let's continue the treasure hunt for novel not ordinary ones but the fantasy ones! 

I used to read western novels mostly but after the hype of Mo Dao Zu Shi, I got attracted to Chinese BL novels. And recently I have fallen into the BL hole. So, I continuously read Asian BL novels and what I have seen is that many of the BL stories have the following characteristics:... more>>

1. Stories are repetitive in nature with one main character completely obsessed with the other main character. Also, most of them focus mainly on the lead characters. Most of the time, side characters are just there to be the lead characters' lackeys or face-slap recipients.

2. Even the writing style and plot are copy-paste from some older novels of the same genre. 

3. R*pe is highly romanticized especially on Asian BL novels.

4. Toxic relationship is depicted as romantic . 

5. And lets not forget the segregation of 'top' and 'bottom'. 

6. 'Tops' are aloof, cold, otherworldly handsome, possessive and sex-driven.

7. 'Bottoms' are feminine, meek and cute.

Have I forgotten anything else? Feel free to remind me.

There are really only a few stories with proper world building, character development, healthy relationship, intricate and original plot, realistic characters, original writing style, etc.  These are what I personally think are the best Asian BL novels I have ever read: <<less

Novels that are plot-heavy with skillful world building... more>>

May involve fantasy elements such as elemental abilities, ranking systems, magical creatures, 

Martial Arts and Wuxia/Xuanhuan elements such as cultivation techniques, arrays

Characters may include Gods, Demons, Sages, Sects, Cultivation Masters, Martial Masters,  Kings and Imperial Family members

Found family & friendship themes are especially dominant amidst trying times like wars, battle between good vs evil, quests on saving the world

Romance may also be included but I don’t particularly like harems.  <<less

For novels that look like BL but aren't actually. Also for fun.
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So the real reason I made this is because I thought it was quite interesting how many BL shippers there are for no-romance and minimal-romance novels I've collected in my other lists. As you can imagine, most of these are novels that prominently feature male characters and their relationships with one another.... more>>

Although I do read BL, I'm not much of a shipper myself, so most of the stuff on here is here because there really are people out there shipping the MC with one of the male characters that's not canonically a love interest. Yes, I confirm these ships by searching for fanarts, fanfics, and forum articles asking if it's BL. Think of it as my weird hobby.
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I'm not going to rate or review the novels here. It's more of a compilation than a rec list. Note that I haven't read many of these, and that it is in no particular order.

There has to be an uncommon degree of fujobait going on. I'm not going to add just any series where male characters have a significant friendship. Although series with exceptionally thirsty fandoms will leak into this list anyways since, like I said, I'm not actually reading some of these. I will occasionally ramble in the description.

I'm well aware that there are plenty of other similar lists out there, so I'll link them below as I find them.
(insert after the "viewlist/" in the URL): 30062, 1733, 64324 <<less

I just like it ahahaha. Can't guarantee the quality for everyone but personally I loved these novels so for me their quality is top notch~

List of novels you might enjoy if you want to read novels with that have minimal romance/nonexistent.... more>>

More on friendship, brotherhood, family found stories. <<less

ahaha basically just some of my favourite novels that I enjoy a lot.... more>>

*Ranked randomly* <<less

Any recommendations are very welcome! Stories where nothing really bad happens or if they do, there are really wonderful feel good scenes throughout most of the story. Something warm and sweet to read when stressed to make you smile, laugh or just feel happy. It's ranked according to rating which is basically how much I enjoyed the story. It's not ranked on how heartwarming the story is.... more>>

I wish I can put my own tags but I can't so I'll add some here haha:

Family is Important, Feel Good, Family Love, Warmth, Sweetness, Friends that feel like real friends <<less

No romance, no harem, no marriage, MC just wants to live with his/ her family and his/ her friends

I really wanted to create a list with novels in which the main character plays some kind of acting role and pretends to be a different person, and also novels with MC, which are misunderstood or all of the above together.
I will sort the novels according to these criteria:... more>>

First novels (#1-10) – MC is female. Then (#11-20) MC is male. <<less