Novels I have read or am reading, which include skills, level system and/or reincarnation, or just in a similar setting. My lame thoughts on them,... more>> I wish i could say more about them but it's been a while since i've read some of them so i dont have much to say. Mostly Korean and a few Japanese novels, I don't read any Chinese novels. Rating from 1-5. Isn't in any particular order. It's the first rec list i've made so i don't really know how things are supposed to go and stuff, hope it helps someone :D I will try to update this and add novels i like and find worth reading everytime i discover one. <<less

Hi, I am a very picky reader and tend to get bored often if the story offers nothing new. I have dropped countless stories halfway through simply because of how much they were stretching it. In short, I prefer stories which don't go over 2000 chapter limit. If it does, it better have a good reason. ... more>>

Another issues is translation. I can't say anything about translation quality as I tend to read most stories raw. If I like the beginning I might just go to a raw site and finish it there. So there is a great chance that the stories might have poor translation. 

Tags might be a bit iffy. It was hard coming up with them. <<less

Now a classic sub-genre of the Isekai genre, getting transformed into a monster is often accompanied by game elements or ability to evolve...... more>>

So many outside NU:
1. Metamorphosis (Kafka) - bug (cockroach?) - classic, amazing, depressing, and not very long, go read it. This is the grandfather of the genre
2. The Iron Teeth - goblin - by far the best - goblin MC is not reincarnated...
3. A Dragon's Curiosity - dragon/human
4. The Dark Herbalist (Russian) - goblin - VRMMO goblin series
5. Chrysalis - warrior ant fighting for queen and hive
6. Threadbare - teddy bear
7. Queen in the mud - salamander with cute magic and city building
8. Demon's virtue - an imp
9. Life reset - yet another goblin - VRMMO like Dark Herbalist
10. I don't want to be the hive queen - Vex (humanoid/ant/zerg?) - [have not read yet]
11. Fork this life - fork [have not read yet]
12. Lament of the fallen - chimeric demon/kitsune/angel - [have not yet read]
13. Vainqueur the dragon - dragon - comedy - surprisingly good worldbuilding, comedy hinders characters
14. Parasite king - parasite
15. Archaic princess - zerg
16. Everybody loves large chests - mimic
17. Is that a wisp - wisp
18. Tree of aeons - tree - good premise, inconsistent mechanics and lots of plot armour
19. The snake report - snake

If you like this type of story, you might also like Reincarnated as a Dungeon Core novels. You can check my other list if you want to see some of those. <<less

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.  <<less

This are some of the novels that I have read and that have not bored me till the end...... more>>

Some of the MCs are op in general, others are op because of their knowledge and obviously some because of their systems! 

Hope you guys like them!  <<less

Basically where the MC travels between worlds/planes with different species, civilizations and the like. More importantly the worlds have different species, cultures and paths to... more>> power. These novels commonly have a stat system but its just a coincidence.
So I'm not including those with 'tiered worlds' like Reincarnator where it is a different realm but literally everything else is the same because then we'd just end up with all of Xianxia. <<less

Novels where the MC (Protagonist) change the world with a system or Books 

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You know the drill. Some otherworldy Gods get mad, dungeons open on Earth. For some reason, South Korea leads the world (lol). Japan is normally the enemy in most of these. It's garbage but we love it.... more>>

Expect systems, dungeons, hunters, SSSSSSSSS+ ranks, stats, skills, levels and OP as f*ck MCs

I've tried to avoid most Harem novels but some are included here <<less

Level System (Korean/Chinese/Japanese) / Overpowered Protagonist/Isekai

Boy love with a reincarnated start, making their way to their goal for revenge or for success!!... more>>

Mostly uke MC and Seme ML <<less

Any BL stories that I actually read and would not mind recommending. With careful consideration of comments that will give you some input to the... more>> story themselves. <<less

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I've been faithfully reading webnovels (Chinese, Korean, and English) for 5+ 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 the novels that I personally enjoyed, though some of them might not be my favorites, they still had enough influence stay in my heart as a decent novel at the very least... well, most of them.... more>>

*Rest of description is for when you enter the list*

(My reviews will not be consistent with the list because I go into the read deeper rather than just a overview, make sure to check my oldest comment, it is also the most liked one, it has the unpublished reads)

[S tier is a 5 star read, A is a 4.5 star read, B tier is a 4 star read, C tier is a 3.5 star read, D tier is a 3 star read, E tier is a 2 star read, F tier is a 1 star read] 

[SS and X tier are special. SS is consistency and intrigue, and X is the top 3 with the SS tier also being applied] 

(exaggerated tier which is a new special tier has been added, this is when I give reads that just started a good tier even when there isn't enough chapters to properly review it, the tier of the read will most probably change someday)

(The special tiers will now be accompanied by a regular tier, Exagg. tier will be accompanied with a Z)  <<less

Novels That I Read In Four Years and My Opinion!.

Ok

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Chinese novels with the oh powerful system as a sidekick! May be cultivation, modern and game setting. Includes reincarnation/transmigration novels.

Novels similar to solo leveling or The Novels Extra which has game elements and op protagonists ... more>>

FL/ML

Novels not in novelupdates: 
-Nanomancer Reborn - I've become a snow girl <<less

Any cultivation story that struck my fancy.... more>>

Not always highly rated, but enjoyable to read, have a "good" MC, have many chapters and more than enough as a snack! (*´w｀*) <<less

My recommended Completed/Ongoing reads described using words that would describe food. And yeah, actual food.
This list was produced with BoysLove, slash, gay, yaoi, shounen Ai. And cross-contaminates with open LGBTQ+ if the protagonist/male love-interest uses male pronouns but say, their a sentient object.... more>>

Also. I ramble. I WILL COME BACK. I WILL EDIT THE MESS. I WILL NOT STOP PLAYING WITH MY FOOD. <<less

Loved all of them tbh

Here are just some of my all time favourite novels on NU. Not all BL, I swear! Though quite a few are... ... more>>

A lot contain transmitigration, reincarnation, game elements, level up, apocalypse... so forth <<less

Leveling elements in the story. main character has trackable growth. Stats and skills are recorded.