We are excited by a novel where the protagonist raises a Sect, Clan, Kingdom or Empire from mediocrity to greatness.... more>>

The novels on the list are not better or worse, judge according to your criteria.

I will try to put novels of 1000 chapters or complete. <<less

Most of these are slice of life novels, focusing on building/raising/expanding territories of any kind - can be kingdoms, tribes, farms, havens, empires, and nations in apocalypse, modern, fantasy, historical or interstellar ages. Main character can be humans and non-humans (zombies, animals, etc.). In no particular order.... more>>

Does not include the following: (1) Novels with storyteller/MC adventuring all over the place, familiarizing to the new environment (a.k.a. world touring) yet NOT building own haven and (2) Novels whose storyteller/MC are only passively affected by territory building and not actively expanding it.

Have fun reading. :) <<less

Guys I know you read this title a lot of times. But I am sure most of you will find my list and be like, I read some of these and they are great and you will try the rest.... more>>

Ps: Plz drop down in the comments and tell me your favourite novels that aren't in the list. (List and reviews will be updated cause quite a few are ongoing) and the pursuit of good stories are endless

Ps: I added a list of dropped novels in comments so U can avoid them.  <<less

Any recommendations are very welcome! All the family/village/kingdom building poor to rich, wealth making business type of stories I've read because this is one of... more>> my favourite tropes of all time! Including any business management! (Just discovered there is a tag for it haha) Its just that usually its not done very well or only the kingdom building is good and the characters and scaling is so bad its not enjoyable to read anymore. The stories included will have things like improving the quality of life of the village/kingdom, introducing modern advancements into an ancient/medieval culture type of place. And with likeable characters to keep you going. I'll only include the novels where I read 100% of it or most of it. Probably won't include any dropped novels. <<less

MC rebuilds or create his own Organization or his own Kingdom.

This contains BL Novels which have ancient times setting and lots of court politics as well as Wise Emperors/Kings as rulers of the land. Some of them centers around Prince as well as generals or court officials and their struggles. ... more>>

 Status - Will update soon...  <<less

Loved all of them tbh

(Go ahead, and make yourself at home.) [This is a list of novels that I follow and read very closely, so if you find one... more>> that catches your attention, go ahead and take a look.] {Note: 1):They are not listed in any specific order.2): they are only my personal tastes, which, the quality of the novels here are subjective depending on who is the one who reads them} <<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

A list that contains any creation stuff!... more>>

Whether it be creating houses out of dirt, a god creating life or someone advancing his kingdom through technology!

Outside Novelupdates:

The Runesmith

They called me MAD

World keeper

Awakening Chronicles

Note: the list would update as long as I read stuff so expect some changes also if you have a suggestion for a novel just say it in comments... <<less

My personal list for this niche genre of novels - will be adding as I read. Charisma and leadership do not come easy, but they sure as hell come naturally for these protagonists. Charismatic MCs with significant focus on character and ability growth, kingdom / army / career development & management, and/or wholesome friendships / brotherhood. Romance (if any) will only be subplots, not the main focus. I've put short descriptions and summaries of every novel, plus my thoughts on them.... more>>

Arranged from best > worst > boring reading experience. I change my ratings often. Feel free to recommend more or point out any mistakes in my sorting of this list. Cheers!

*[CC] - Collecting Companions, aka collecting and raising loyal companions. Brotherhood, friendship, blablabla. [CC] focuses more on picking up and raising companions without necessarily having to develop a full kingdom/empire.

*[KB] - Kingdom Building. I'll use this abbreviation as a general umbrella term for anything to do with (insert noun)-building and management. [KB] by association would also include raising the people in that empire/kingdom, but the novels focus more on the development/management part. <<less

My personal favourite reads... more>>

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

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

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

The list contains the best novels that I read in terms of pleasure, not quality. The novels may be okay, but I prefer them... more>>

After the first place, the order is considered random

I will start documenting my observations about it. They may not be accurate due to the long time that has passed since I read novels years ago. Nevertheless, they serve as a summary of my experience with them. I might attempt to organize them from best to least preferred as well.
"I also do not speak English, so please overlook some spelling errors. I only use translation."

I Have An Impenetrable Fortress IHIF <<less

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

MC transmigrates to another world / era with modern knowledge or with the help of a city or clan building system

The cream of the crop. No BL. Ranking after the first page is largely the order I remembered and added them. I think they’re all... more>> worth reading anyway so I didn’t put a huge amount of thought into rankings past the first page. I added small reviews/blurbs with my thoughts on each. <<less

List in no particular order of the best Chinese novels set in Ancient China. With palace entrigue, political scheming and surviving the inner court. Well-rounded and sometimes morally ambiguous main characters, who grow and develop along their partners.... more>>

-All these novels have been completely translated

- BG BL GL all included.

-List will continuously be in the making, if you find any other novels like the ones listed below, do recommend (Though I've read almost all of them). Keep in mind, that only the novels with completed translations will be added in the list. <<less

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

Ecchi

I reread the same novels over and over again so I might be insane. These are among the ones I

People who love politics, kingdom building, worldbuilding and same-gender relationships with happy endings? This is your treat.