A list with characters who are fond of plotting against their enemies, are uncovering great schemes and/or of characters who are caught in the schemes of their enemies. ... more>>

Stories with big schemes that will make your mind blow and your head dizzy.

Top 17 are some of the most scheming protagonists imo, only the first three are ranked according to whom I belive are the most schemming of all, the other ones were hard to decide qwq, though they are more or less ranked too. Those guys are really cunning...

The ones more at the bottom are, either not soooo schemming or not really schemming at all, they were caught in other people's schemes and conspiracies, don't know if it would be convinient to point them out to differenciate. <<less

Essentially, either a weak or strong protagonist has subordinates or people who are all very loyal and protective/possessive of him. Most of them are stronger than the MC. There are mainly male protagonists, but female protagonists are included.... more>>

HAREM OR ROMANCE-FOCUSED ARE INCLUDED! I will write comments of how slow or fast the pacing the romance of each novel is. For explicit novels, please check the tags yourself.

This list is part of the other list I made; https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/30627/ <<less

These are my favorite BL novels.... more>>

I love them so much.
(Numbers-for convenience, not for ranking)

◆Best couple : 

1.Lan Zhan-Wei Ying
2. Hua Cheng-Xie Lian
3. Fu Shen- Yan Xiaohan (Golden Stage)
4. Zhao Yunlan-Shen Wei (Guardian)
5. Lin JingHeng -Lu Bixing (Imperfections)
6. Xi Ze-Ming yu (Rebirth of a supermodel)

◆ Great Chemistry

1. Lan zhan-Wei Ying
2. Fu Shen- Yan Xiaohan (Golden Stage)
3. Xi Ze-Ming yu (Rebirth of a supermodel)

◆ Best Boyfriend

1. Lan Zhan
2. Yuan Zong (Advance Bravely)
3. Tsuzuki Ushio (Yes, No, or Maybe Half?)

◆ Cutest kid: Kid from Rebirth of a Movie Star; Pastel Colours

◆ Gentleman Boyfriend: I have made a separate list for them.

◆ Novel Couple who taught me that communication is key : Rebirth of The Golden Marriage 

◆ Best Side Characters : 

1. Record of the missing sect master
2. Mr. Melancholy wants to live a peaceful life

◆ Most handsome MC and ML :

1. Lan Zhan (ML)
2. MC, Record of the missing sect master
3. Ling Xiao (ML, The Legendary Master's Wife)
4. Ming Yu (MC, Rebirth of a supermodel)
5. MC of Tattoo

◆ Cutest ML: Qi Feng (The daily life of being the campus idol's fake boyfriend)

◆ Cutest MC : 

1.Xie Lian (Heaven official's blessing)
2.Lu Bixing (Imperfections)
3. MC (Worship me, I can make you rich)

◆ Hot Couple :

1. Are you addicted?
2. Rebirth of a supermodel

◆ Smartest MC : 

1. Guardian
2. Record of the missing sect master <<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

Novels that I’ve read and enjoyed, exclusively for brain dead readers. I read without using my brain so take it with a grain of salt.... more>>

[Open to recommendations]

(Not in order; Possible yaoi and shounen ai warning)

Continued:  https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/49132/ <<less

Novels I've read and re-read countless times. I like HE but this also contains novels with tragedy tag and BE.  ... more>>

Note: Only the first five are added in order of my favorites, the rests are added as I read them.  <<less

I really wanted to create a list with novels in which the main character plays some kind of acting role and pretends to be a different person, and also novels with MC, which are misunderstood or all of the above together.
I will sort the novels according to these criteria:... more>>

First novels (#1-10) – MC is female. Then (#11-20) MC is male. <<less

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

Mainly (but not only) with male protagonists and without romance or with romance sub-plot (without harems). Fantasy and action oriented. As of now, not that many novels, because I'm quite picky with them so oof,,... more>>

I have a lot more novels saved in my reading lists, so feel free to check them out, if you are looking for something with similar vibes, that isn't on this list yet. 

Novels on this list are also pretty generic (similar themes and settings). Despite that I enjoyed reading them in between my classes, great stress relief after exam season! So don't expect to see a whole lot of original novels.  <<less

My go-to Chinese Novels.

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ALL THE BOOKS IVE EVER READ and remembered to add to this list will be here... more>>

 [provided my inner grammar nazi approves, I hate translations with sh*t english]

Plot line quality will at least be a 3.5 ⭐️ imo <<less

There was a period of time where I just CRAVE Interstellar Novels! I wanted anything and I hunted for eons. ... more>>

I feel the pain of scavenging bro, so I'm providing my own list of Novels that I have finished and think they're OK to help relieve some of the time of my fellow brothren. Though the numbers are small, it's still something. <<less

Most fo them idk yet. ... more>>

No smut, ai, yaoi, yuri.

Almost no harem.  <<less

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Romance is not the main focus, or even in sight sometimes! Let's focus on our goals and perhaps level up too! 

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Here are the list of  stories that have apocalyptic plot for BL 

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This list is subjective, based on my preferences in analyzing novels as a whole, such as aspects: characterization of characters, world building, plot and other... more>> aspects. <<less

There will be no romance for the non-bl, focused on the plot and characters. I only add the one I've read. More novel will be... more>> added in the future. <<less

novels i think are similar to GHG bc i miss liuliu ... more>>

will slowly add more as i read !! please recommend me some, thaaankssss <3333

they're all infinite flows hehe <<less

levelling up along with an adventure | mc becomes op sooner or later on | i'll put some signs for each story and read if... more>> you'll like  (for others i won't since i haven't read some of them) | my personal reviews are still ongoing hehe | suggest on the comments!! :>> <<less

No beta male Japanese simps that can't look a woman in the eye without blushing or deranged Chinese psychopaths that massacre entire clans because a... more>> young master looked at their woman the wrong way. <<less

Part two of novels I’ve read and enjoyed, exclusively for brain dead readers. I read without using my brain so take it with a grain of salt.... more>>

[Open to recommendations] 

(Not in order; Possible yaoi and shounen ai warning; Always updating) <<less