Good novels, well written, entertaining, and interesting. These novels are quite unforgettable after reading, the characters and story will surely stick around for a long... more>> time. <<less

Bunch of random evil protag

I've made this to keep track of those I'm currently reading. You can still use it as a reference though. I guarantee that what I'm reading is currently the cream of the crop of the current translation era. If you don't see your favorite novel, please feel free to comment and please relate it to my current list if possible. I'm also open for suggestions and I'll try to update the list as much as possible. Please be aware that this list composes of those I deem good or in my taste, so you might disagree with the few on the list.... more>>

Note: I remove the things I've completely read, so the list is very short. Also, the order is very relevant, though the top 5 usually swap position most of the time. <<less

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Among many novels I've read, these are my favourite and, in my opinion, the absolute best.... more>>

(My preferred genre is mostly Josei, with strong and interesting female lead. A good romance is always appreciated and I also enjoy regency and political novels with schemes. Might be a little biased about angst genre.) <<less

[For untranslated CN novel suggestions, please refer to the Comment Section of this list]... more>>

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 hinder you in condemning villains. <<less

Serious/Seinen themes with as less cliché elements as possible. Preferably clever and calm MCs. No harems, maybe one odd love interest but nothing frivolous. Negligible... more>> 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 p*rn.  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.

✅ Completed

⭕ Started - not completed. <<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. 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... more>>

=== BG and BL included ====

Many times, when searching for hiding novels to read, I found myself almost discarding some amazing stories just because the synopsis are deceptive.... So here many of the descriptions are mine/some angel that described perfectly the feeling you got when read them o(≧▽≦)o  <<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>>

ALL 4 STARS and above.

i also try to avoid the internalised h*mophobia trope, bc imagine how tired we are

[REGULARLY UPDATED] <<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 make 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.

I've read many hundreds of the most popular titles and they won't make the list because of mentioned issues, or are new and I don't know of them yet.

I made a second list with titles that didn't make it because of flaws but are still a good read.

Ranked in terms of being well-rounded and polished. <<less

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

Well-written, enjoyable plots with really good ML's and smart MC's. I have reviews on each one. Enjoy! :)

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

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

I dislike ret*rds!!!!! 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.