I've been faithfully reading webnovels (Chinese, Korean, and English) for 10+ years. The list is based on my taste mainly neutral evil to neutral good personality MC and decently paced novel with less fillers than the standard webnovel. Most of these novels are written by well-experienced authors. ... more>>

"Well-experienced" meaning he/she has written over 2000+ chapters of webnovel before the novel was created!

I don't like romance, especially harem in my action/adventure novels but I make an exception if the novel is really good.

Starting from tier Decent-, they are not in order because these novels are just "decent enough" to kill your time.

I would not recommend rank 1-15 if you are a newbie reader because it's gonna spike up your standards in webnovels.

If you think that the novel is worthy enough to be put in this list, then comment below. I'll check whether I've read it or not. <<less

These are my personal takes at novels and my personal favorites. It's important to note that my experience with Chinese novels has lead me to... more>> filter through them so there will be very few CN here. If you think you have any recommendations that can defeat my expectations then please feel free to send them my way. My preferences in terms of novels are basically seen through the tags. P.S. I quit ranking them after #18. Additionally, as I started to add more to this list I thought it was worth noting that almost every story on this list is one that AT MINIMUM you would probably like the introduction. Bad introductions almost always make me not want to read a story and the ones that do have bad introductions probably indicate that I've read far enough to justify putting them here.  <<less

Ecchi

Only Isekai Novel JP and CN

Just as the title says. Just my personal favorites novels in the order that I love.

Thrash novels are too prevalent, that's why I made it easier for everyone and just made a list of in mea sentetia novels that actually do have great plot or those that stand out from their peers. These are the must reads. ... more>>

PS: Honestly just read Brandon Sanderson, George RR Martin, Robert Jordan, Patrick Rothfuss, etc. for actual good fantasy novels.

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Looking for novels with good development and pace.... more>>

None of that braindead MCs, copy-pasted scenarios over and over, or slow paced stories that drags on forever. 

Inspired by novels like Solo Leveling which got me into this genre. 

List will be updated as I read more. Do comment recommendations if you have any. Completed novel preferred. 

Nov 2020: Currently reading the novels on Kindle Oasis, great PDFs collated by traitorAIZEN (on vn-meido).  <<less

How would you bring technology into a fantasy world? Make sense of the magics? Feed people and get rid of the corrupt nobles? This is specifically on developing a city or territory, not:
- Developing a dungeon/core (see my other list: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10742/)... more>>

First, a few worthy mentions that aren't on NU:
1. Castle Kingside (rewrite) - a lot of inspiration from Release that Witch, imo improved! Warning: it's slow. Kingdom only begins around c60ish.
2. The iron teeth - although territory development comes late in the story, it's well done and exotic, being based on a goblin kingdom
3. 1632 (published book) - an American village goes back to the 30 years war. It's much less fantastical, but has a lot of similar elements to other kingdom building novels.
4. The Eagle's Flight - highly intricate fantasy webnovel
5. Defiance of the fall
6. Randidly Ghosthound - neither Randidly nor Defiance of the Fall focus on kingdom building, but they both have elements related to setting up a post-apocalypse system city - complete the quest to get the village crystal/coin!
7. The Expansion (Legend of the Arch Magus) - [have not yet read] - recommendation from Hitexh in the comments
8. Enlightened Empire - weaker than the others <<less

All the novels I have read, am reading and dropped. I have also left a FINISHED, ONGOING or DROPPED to tell my status in said... more>> novel. <<less

10 Kingdom Building novels that stand out, with actual good Kingdom Building. ... more>>

Unfortunately I cannot include WNs not on this website. If I could, it would include:
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= Enlightened Empire = 

(https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/20920/enlightened-empire)

+ Mixed Kingdom Building, Politics & Action. A lot of thought put into the world and it's authenticity.

- Some conflicts can feel frustrating & HIATUS

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= The Iron Teeth: A Goblin's Tale = 

(https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/4293/the-iron-teeth-a-goblins-tale)

+ Heavy Action Adventure, Kingdom Building towards the end. The best depiction of Goblin's ever.

- So many things left untold.   <<less

Political intrigue with romance on sidelines but no Harem. Check comments section for untranslated suggestions. You can read the raws for them. All are HE. 

A list of completed best novels I have ever read... a mix of Korean, Chinese and maybe some Japanese...

Do you want to run away to other world, gain cheat-like overpowered abilities and just have a fun time. Well these stories are that and... more>> a hell of a lot more! <<less

It’s basically just a group of protagonists who make kingdoms or domains, with a focus on society/agriculture  and the smaller man instead of only building... more>> up their fighters. Mostly fantasy/Sci-fi and purely made to boost a few stories I love <<less

Here's the list of few reverse harem story I really like and it has a great story.... more>>

ABO世界的「性」福Beta (Heavy smut, strictly not for kids to read)

PS: I will add some more if ever I find a reverse harem with great plot of story! :D <<less

some novels i read at home when can't go out by covid-19 

Well first off these are my masterpiece novels and you can be rest assured each of novel here are quality novels that has something for everyone on each of them. But it will heavily depend on your taste whether you will like them or not. I will leave out description for what to expect so even though they are my masterpiece you might not enjoy. Pick carefully.... more>>

And Please ignore the ranking i love each and every novel here equally they cannot be ranked as  each one of them excels in their own genre. And another advise dont trust NU ratings blindly. Who knows you might enjoy the novel very much even though ratings are low. Low-ratings doesnt mean bad novel. I have found myself there and sometimes even though NU ratings were low i really enjoyed the story.

Another thing is there are very less JP/Kr novels here cause good CN novels are wholesome while KR novels are short and sweet but not wholesome. About jap novels though,i have lot of grievance with them, None of Jap novel MC feel humane except the 1% jp novel Mc. Yes i feel sociopathic, Hypocritical, Genocidal, Arrogant, Racist, hotblooded CN mc more humane then jap beta c*ck pu*sy Gary stu mc.  <<less

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A list of stories with: male lead, kingdom setting, transmigration/reincarnation/regression 

This is a list of things I have read which I think are great from the perspective of 'quality of craft' & 'quality of story'. In general those will be great reads for everyone as well, but will less include 'because I like this' focused listings of other 'great so long as you like this' stories.... more>>

That said, there are only so many 'objectively great' stories, so farther down the list I will put caveats (etc.) with less 'full measure' stories- either 'just good', or 'great if you like this', etc. I moved all the anri-social protags to another list.

If you know of something I should add to this list, feel free to comment a suggestion or PM.

I have written quite a few reviews for most of these and other works- feel free to check them out, and vote them up if you find them helpful. Thanks! <<less

All Male Protagonists...Kingdom/Country Building...Shop/Store Management

Novels Ive read (or am reading) pertaining to stretegies, leadership, kingdoms, wars, etc... more>>

NO PARTICULAR ORDER <<less

I haven't put isekai in here to avoid confusion. Also some books are toeing the line between isekai and fantasy so bear with me and see for yourself how good these are. ... more>>

Also rankings don't mean anything cause I just added randomly <<less

The web novels in this list are not ranked.  I look for in protagonists these characteristics:... more>>

Ambitious//Ruthless/Intelligent.

I too favour Kingdom building novels.

Also in this list, I only included novels that I read somewhat or finished. <<less

War theme novels