Most of them already got the adaptation for manhwa or manhua

BL set in ancient times and either ML or MC are part of the royalty/nobility... more>>

*Novels listed are those I've read or planning to read*

Includes at least one of the following:

* Either ML or MC is the Emperor or part of the Imperial Family or Royalty or something similar

* Either ML or MC is a court official or part of the court or something similar

* Either ML or MC is part of the nobility or something similar

*Either ML or MC is part of the Imperial Harem or something similar

* Story must be set in the Palace or involved with it or something similar to it

* Has Palace Intrigue, Palace Politics, Harem Politics, etc. <<less

Action, action, and more action with priority of adventure.

It is assured that all these novels are the best in the Kingdom Building Tag. It doesn't have to be a Kingdom either. Most of... more>> these includes Warfare. Feel free to recommend novels in the comments. <<less

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

You may not like one of these novels on the list, people have different taste, but all the novels entered these list by your quality, and how well written they are, at least in my perception and knowledge of how things work, i may be wrong, but i doubt i am completely wrong.... more>>

I know that there are better or worst novels it's doesn't mean you can't like and enjoy worst novels or cliche works with plot armor,generic characters, OP MC and s*upid harem, if it's fun for you go ahead, i personally like to watch bad animes sometimes, and like some people i started reading web novels from the usual Cultivation/Xianxia/Chinese novels, after a while i was tired of the same structure and similar plot from the common chinese cultivation novels, so my taste changed and nowadays i look for other things when i try to read something.

And i do have my guilty pleasure, i do enjoy some isekai or transmigating novels that exist, even though sometimes the system or the world doesn make sense lmao.

Dont mind the number of ranking after the top 3 that actually are my top 3 ever, my favorite novels, the others their positions don't matter that much, however they actually are in the right positions based on what i like the most, but this isnt the list about THE TOP 20 NOVELS AND THERE ARENT BETTER NOVELS THAN THE ONES IN THIS LIST... or something like that. I'm not a native english speaker so everything that i wrote may have some errors... sorry. <<less

No description.

I dream of a day I am wealthy enough to fund movie adaptations of these stories.... more>>

These are novels that have elaborate worldbuilding, compelling stories, and dynamic but relatable characters.

I am open to suggestions. If you think a novel should be added, leave a comment. <<less

Second list of the books that I'm considering to read cuz the title or the cover makes me curious. Still waiting for the progress so... more>> far. Continuation of 'Curious Tho (Kr Novels)' list <<less

While looking at the selection you may realize that I have way too much time on my hands, which causes my friends to have a lot of questions about me, ha ha ha... I'm probably fine...probably...... more>>

Feel free to give recommendations in the comments!

Also, this is the continuation of this list called, "BL Medieval/Western Fantasy #2" (incredibly original, right?): https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62564/?ft=yes

(cause I ran out of space in this one <3) <<less

Picky Fujoshi’s list of awesome BL novels you wouldn’t wanna miss.  The top 5 on the list are my favourites and the rest on the list is in random order. I also added my own story summary for your convenience ^__^... more>>

I’ll keep updating as I continue reading :D <<less

I've always loved how the chasing turns 360, and I'm fond of light, fluffy stories. But I may throw some depressing or sad novels in there. Just yaknow BE AWARE. probably gonna put some heads-up or nah. I write sh8tty descriptions, but yeah hope this helps. ... more>>

P.S. And before I forgot I might mix some Yaoi in there, not too much but I'll put smthn to make you aware of it MWA <<less

A list of historical BL stories (Xuanhuan, Xianxia, Wuxia, Cultivation, Fantasy, Reincarnation, Transmigration, Imperialism, Martial Arts, Ancient China, Supernatural) 

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

NO PARTICULAR ORDER <<less

This is my newest list in the beginning of October. I want to separate some novels in my simple stories list and put them here.... more>> This list contains the stories involving prince/princess, noble, knight, etc. Why bother separate them? Because my simple love stories list is getting huge and also I want to keep it more organized. So if you love a story with aristocracy vibe, not in modern era, you come to the right place. <<less

This list talk about all female lead that have historian setting such as nobility background, king or emperor. Please read the description on each novel,... more>> because some of them already adapted to manhwa/manga/manhua. And for some novel with 0 chapter on it, you can find it on another site. Please just search it on google. <<less

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

Yeah, made this just to monitor some books. Quite reliable list, says me. Anyways hope this too is your cup of tea.

Novels in which the protagonist is reborn, most of the time as a baby, as the daughter of someone important in a novel or another world. And then usually proceeds to win their favour. ... more>>

The novels aren’t in any particular order. If you know any that aren’t listed lmk. <<less

All the korean web novels I am currently reading and so far enjoying :) 

Mostly includes Korean novels and any novels that have a nobility/royalty setting.... more>>

Most of them have more than 10 chapters. <<less

These novels focuses on world building, fighting enemies, bonds, families, kingdom building, hierarchy, adventure and action and a little bit of romance.

So this is a novel recommendation where the lead characters got s**ked into another world (mostly they become a royal) or a stories that set... more>> in empire in the past. <<less

Set in time era of knights, kingdoms, castles, dukedoms, nobles, etc.... more>>

Sometimes magic, dragons, and beasts are involved 

Told in the FL perspective (usually reborn/transmigrated/regressed) with ML being Emperor/Crown Prince/Duke/King <<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