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A really good kingdom building book isn't really about simple making bigger buildings. It's about improving the lives of the people the MC cares about... more>> around them and in doing so improving a nation. There's this heart felt way of doing it so that's what I want out of these books. Some of them do have harems but the female characters are done in such a way that they are fully develop human beings and it's classy or I just enjoyed it. It's really hard to find kingdom or development books like that in this space so I wanted to highlight them when I found it. <<less

Stories of people focussed on creating and/or maintaining a kingdom or any industry (usually businesses). Most often they become influencial.... more>>

 Some may have romance, others it's not a focus at all. <<less

Mc helps/saves a lot of peoples lives. 

Novels where the focus of the story is about the MC impacting the world (or another dimension) from a third person point of view, and... more>> the misunderstandings that come along with it. The MC is either a god/system/dungeon master/mythical non-human entity/IRL lazy bum hikkimori playing god/etc, with some exceptions. <<less

Mainly novels about MCs reincarnating/transmigrating to the past, whether in their own body or different person to change their life using their future knowledge.... more>>

Focuses more on kingdom building, military history, and financial markets.

*Alternate history <<less

Bias towards showbiz/ creative industry (except for idol) & kingdom-building

Hidden gems for me.  Searching needles in the haystack means trying to find very rare thing that you want under harsh circumstances and usually its very hard to find that. No yaoi and related stuffs. No adolescence, ecchi and harem. I have been reading light novels for 8 years or so and I will add whenever I come into something cool. I am up for your recommendations whether its ln or not.... more>>

No order in the list. <<less

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Novels where the MC has to start from the bottom to slowly build an army, a country, a sect or a world using his intellect... more>> and various cheats. Of course I'll only prioritize those I deemed to be good to excellent. <<less

Stories which involve territory management, kingdom-building, political intrigues and military wars. ... more>>

May include transmigration / reincarnation golden fingers like reward systems and modern knowledge.  <<less

BoyxGirl - Historical - Kingdom/Imperial/Dynasty/Ancient Setting... more>>

If you want a BL story with a similar background/genre to this list, you can find the "BL Historical" list on my profile <<less

If there is one or two tag that I always include on the list: Kingdom Building / Management. Anything related to it I try to read it. I'm not really fond of Harem but if its a good read I'll put it here.... more>>

Except what I tag below. Few of the novels are not on the Novel List below so I'll put it in comment box. <<less

List of novels in my To Read list for my favourite trope, rags to
riches! To my best guess anyway since I haven't read them XD. Also
usually slice of life. ... more>>

I'll also put what made me want to pick the story up. Just be warned
that I will delete the story from the list after I've read so the list
will frequently change. I like to view the cover art of the book, and be
able to see a lot of novel details on the list in one place instead of
having to click to the web novel page. I also include any translation
detail like where to find them if they aren't on novelupdates so I can
read the whole story without getting stuck halfway because of no
translations. Not in any particular order but I try to put similar
novels, either in expected tropes or vibes together. And the incompleted
ones at the back.  Recommendations are very welcome! <<less