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Another VERY subjective list! In case it's not obvious, I've been reading A LOT of CN Romance lately! Recommendations are always welcome! The rating is based on Story > Characters. Check out my others lists here:... more>>

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62483/

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62346/

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 2 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/63149/

Girl Crush FL (CN Only) - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/89513/

Slow Burn Goodness - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/64099/

Overpowered KR MCs Give Me Life - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/71430/

The Blissful World Of VRMMORPGs - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/73205/ <<less

Part I: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/28818... more>>

Part 2 of my endless search for halfway decent KR novels. This list is filled with random novels that won't finish translating until my future mortgage is paid off. <<less

Prolly will consist of novels I would like to read based off of the description.

My review of stories I've read (primarily bl)

Power couples, monsters, mysteries, and lots of fluff. I do read a lot of BL but this isn’t just BL. There might be s*x scenes,... more>> but this isn’t the place if you’re looking for smut. No dog blood. I’m still building this list <<less

a mix of bg, bl novels and note: I also need some novel suggestions pls.

Random Seinen, Shounen

(Not in order)

No rankings. It's all random.

A VERY subjective list. I'll keep updating it and add the reviews/rankings whenever I have time. The rating is based on MC > Story > Supporting Characters.... more>>

Check out my other lists here!

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62346/

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 2 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/63149/

Girl Crush FL (CN Only) - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/89513/

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62483/

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 2 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/74300/

Slow Burn Goodness - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/64099/

The Blissful World Of VRMMORPGs - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/73205/ <<less

This list is all with male leads. Mostly action but seriously good.... more>>

Most of them have great or decent art and if you've read their novels, the manhwa version is a must too! <<less

In my opinion, these are the most engaging and exciting BL stories on the site.... more>>

Also, here’s some Korean and Chinese BL comics I like (most Shounen-Ai so it’s romance and not smut):

**My Starry Sky: School life, wife chasing crematorium, tearjerker 

Salt Friend: School life, bright MC x cold ML (ongoing)

Heart Stain: School life, MC and ML date on a bet

Don’t Say You Love Me: School life, rebirth (ongoing)

**Heesu in Class 2: School life, sweet main CP and side CP

All of You: Mature, childhood meet up a decade later, lonely, fierce MC x abused, bright ML

**Monochrome Rumor: Loan shark reincarnates into boy band member (ongoing) (my favorite on the list)

My Darling Signed In: MC catfishes in a video game and then meets his virtual bf IRL, school life (college)

Sunny Night Walk: MC teleports and meets ML in Europe

**Mr.Miss: Healing story, realistic (covers h*mophobia and bullying), sweet CP

Tell Me You Love Me: Mind reader x tsundere, short story

**Insatiable Man/ Man Who Can't Taste: realistic (covers h*mophobia); food blogger MC x taste blind, blunt ML; the MLs illness is well written, as is his path to healing (ongoing, hiatus)

**Who Can Define Popularity: college students, comedy

One Small Step: school life, stuttering MC helps out agoraphobic ML, sweet (ongoing)

**Meteor Orbit: rebirth boy band leader

Story of Someone I Know

Doppelganger <<less

Some of these instances, horror scenarios, or graphic scenes are actually disturbing and scary. The characters aren't whitewashed; they're not necessarily good people- e.g. mu*derers, con-artists, flower vase, etc. ... more>>

Shou protagonist, transmigration, rebirth, girl boss/OP shou, etc. 

Crazy gong most of the time lol.  <<less

MC is in a zombie Apocalypse, where they have abilities and stuff, lots of op MC's. Stuff I'm done reading with a zombie Apocalypse settings.... more>>

Straight, Bl, Gl

Only the one's I read already  <<less

January: Embers Ad Infinitum (up to 300s), Cultivation Chat Group (up to 2030s), Desolate Era... more>>

February: Desolate Era (dropped after 350s)

March: Embers Ad Infinitum (up to 560s)

April: n/a (exams kicked my ass)

May: A Will Eternal (read up to 340s in 3 days and dropped), Sevens (up to v5), Zaregoto Series (v1-3)

June: Zaregoto Series (v4-5), My House of Horrors (up to 230s and most likely dropping)

July: Circle of Inevitability (LOTM 2), Shadow s*ave (1-700s) (a regular old hunting leveling novel but it's actually good, got 1000+ chapters and ongoing; wish it was on this site)

August: Shadow s*ave (finally caught up with this shit), Swordmaster's Youngest Son (don't even waste your time with this generic tr*sh), tr*sh of the Count's Family (man I forgot how good this series was), Damn Reincarnation (damn, this sh*t is mid but still better than SYS), Lord of the Mysteries 1 (re-read. actual peak)

September: Demon Prince goes to the Academy, LOTM 1 (re-read, this novel deserves to be read more than once), The Novel's Extra (honestly impressed with this series although you're gonna have to turn your brain off throughout reading). 

October: Finished LOTM 1 for the second time. Started Damn Reincarnation again

November: Started my first re-read of Reverend Insanity, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (novel)

December: sovereign of judgement (dropped at 90s; not a bad read but it gets stale as you go), <<less

Been in a hunt for similar premise ever since I read that novel, so here we go

Murim-related novels with a cold, smart MC and interesting side characters. And a deep plot.

Clever, badass or OP FLs in Isekai or Isekai-adjacent novels... more>>

(mainly Korean) <<less

Power couples, clever and petty MC's, and satisfying revenge. 

Basically protagonists that don't take sh*t if they absolutely don't have to, stories that involve an immediate break to all the usual Xianxia stalling tactics,... more>> and of course, faceslapping <<less

This is a list of another world novels that are easy going. While there might be occasional action, or the like, the story itself moves at a steady pace.... more>>

Some of the list contains cheats, some contain overpowered MC or the like. Some romance, or not and some with harems or reverse harems.

But, absolutely NO TRAGEDY!

Note: While I change what I read to match my mood, I do periodically add new series when I find them. So be aware that all of my lists are active. <<less

Honestly mainly OP face slapping BL & a few GOATED Female Lead novels
Holy Grail List 

I know that there a lot of good wuxia novels but some have way too many chapters with quite a lot of repetitive arcs which puts readers in an awkward / bored position so here are some novels which I enjoyed reading to the end with some being reread quite a few times. ... more>>

P.S. The chapters in the listed wuxia novels are inaccurate. <<less

This list contains novels I used to or still obsess over even till today. Most of the novels here are CH but there's KR as well here and there. Most of the novels are my guilty pleasure so don't be surprised if you find something... Bad (?)... more>>

Also, quick reminder that this list is messy af so like don't check this out if you're looking for a more serious and well thought-out list.

[In no particular order] [Editing list as I go] <<less