Romance novels that will make you reconsider the pre-established order of things, that shine by their realism, that demand that you acknowledge cannon fodders, that... more>> hinder you in condemning villains. <<less

Serious/Seinen themes with as less cliché elements as possible. Preferably clever and calm MCs. Sub traits being antagonists or anti-heroes (alignment mostly evil). Non harems,... more>> maybe one odd love interest but nothing frivolous. Negligible comedy tropes.  <<less

The villainesses we all love! 

I feel like the title " spicy but with at least a little bit of a plot" is pretty none explanatory. I'll do my best to make sure that the novels I include all tread that line between an innocent romance story and outright porn.  I just want it to be known though that these choices were hard to make.....where is the line between no plot and a sliver of a plot *sigh*... more>>

If you guys have any titles you'd like to add or ones you disagree with just let me know in the comments ;) <<less

All men beware! The effeminate main characters have invaded our masculine paradises. This list is the start of my attempts to help readers discover good, mostly mature, and masculine male protagonists. Only stories about the manliest, yet well-written male main characters may be found here.... more>>

The best of all stories which embody the strengths of the Masculine Heavenly Dao and reject the weaknesses of femininity and indecisiveness will be placed in this list.

Join me brothers in this most profound path so that we may seek enlightenment and cast off the shackles that bind our true masculine selves! <<less

Slice of life type of stories with very straight no bull*hit romance. ... more>>

Sometimes you need to take a break and just enjoy breezy love with maturity and understanding. <<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

I dug up my reading list and gathered here novels that have a realistic perspective, not about building the world, but about building the relationship.... more>> They are fun to read and are a refreshment of some stories when the romance is written in a hurry and forced to the reader hahaha <<less

SOCIETY HAS PROGRESSED past the need for MCs who misunderstand everything
and for BG charas who only exist to talk about how perfect he is... more>>

i also try to avoid the internalised homophobia trope, because imagine how tired we are <3

comment if you have a rec! <<less

Genres included - Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Psychological, Mature, Action... more>>

Books aren’t heavily focused on romance or have a side plot which doesn’t makes you too overwhelmed with romance. <<less

I finished all those books in the list. For me, good enough to spend time, but just simple reading. I have another list for the... more>> books I like <<less

I love these novel, enjoying how the translator (and of course the author) write and recommend to others. 

I read everything with good plot. I've basically read every good yaoi manga out there. So I'm expanding to danmei. Lol... more>>

But no tragedy cause I hate it. And no ongoing story cause I hate waiting, I love to spoil myself of BE or HE. FYI I love HE and hates BE.

The type of story I like are : slice of life, underdog to riches, fluffy, funny, transmigration, romantic, etc. I also love papapa so every BL I've found has more or less papapa.

I create this list to commemorate every amazing danmei/BL novel I've found. Hopefully someone will notice my taste and give me suggestion of what to read next. (◕ᴗ◕) <<less

Some quality novels i really enjoy.

Overlooked and underrated novels that are really unique in terms of either characters, world, story or even several at once and don't have glaring faults.... more>>

Lots of novels are interesting at first but are destroyed by either insufferable characters or a terrible story. Not these. And if you know others like them, PLEASE let me know!

Bad stories and characters are everywhere, good stories and characters are rare, but truly UNIQUE stories or characters are unforgettable and THAT is what I'm looking for after reading hundreds of titles.

People often complain that many novels' characters are flat and fixed. Well, here they are not just really well written, but grow and change over time.

No reincarnations into tr*shy young masters, no sect branches that have bigger branches behind them with sects behind them with bigger sects behind them, no fighting 10 ranks higher enemies because MC is so special, no repeating the same nonsense again and again for thousands of chapters, no all-knowing MC on a rail to the next key-item, no arranged marriages and no idiots to be killed by MC for a back and forth of revenge with family->sect->kingdom->world againd and again.

Out of popular titles, these won't make the list because of previously mentioned issues: ATG, LMS, ISSTH, ED, TSCOG, AWE, TOCF, KOTB, IATM, TTNH, ROTECM, TLS, OEM, HSSB, BTTH, DD, RE, CD, KOG, ST, SR, ZTJ, ISS, PMG, TLK, TNC. Others aren't mentioned because they either don't deserve to, or are new. <<less

Rational MC, Knows when to sacrifice. Ruthless and decisive. 

My favourite novels, which are well-written and with enjoyable plots. Some included here are also quite enjoyable, albeit not as well-written as others.

Here only the novels where I enjoy it and maybe wil re-read it again OR the novels I’m gonna read them soon ... more>>

So if I didn’t enjoy some novels i will but them in other list (dropped novel list) <<less

The novels I like the most.... more>>

Features: male lead, smart, powerful (better if weak to powerful), prideful, sometimes selfish <<less

I dislike retards!!!!! Too much emotional mc is also a big no~~~~~~... more>>

Extremely kind mc is also meh... 

Lets be realistic everything is meh in front of benefit oriented mc.... But they are hard to find......

Ranking after first 3 is useless.  <<less

This is a list of novels that have mature characters, smooth progression and a solid plot. Little to no fan service. 

Novels I enjoyed/am planning to read in the future. A lot of kingdom building, some otome game, some reincarnation.

Don't expect many harems with characters who can't think for themselves or fall in love with the MC before page 1. Many might have a slow moving plot... have to invest yourself into the characters to find the tragic, beautiful and poignant!... more>>

First, some English original webnovels that are superb and easily googleable: 
1. Metaworld Chronicles
2. Mother of Learning
3. Trailer tr*sh
4. Iron Teeth
5. The Good Student
6. Worm (Parahumans)
7. AnimeCon Harem (18+)
8. Worth the Candle
9. Tidal Lock (unfinished)

Note that I've been recently pruning and updating the list to remove some that were just good stories with average characters and move them over to new lists that are top of their genre. You can see all my rec lists at https://www.novelupdates.com/user/10378/tallrice/ <<less

Sometimes I feel like missing good stories with a considerable number of chapters. They make you confortable to read as fast as you like to,... more>> without being afraid of ending in just one afternoon. I hope you enjoy as much as I like these ones. (~'3')~ <3 <<less

I don't read BL Novels so much but these are Bl novels that i read and liked a lot