All of the female leads in this list are cool, cold and ruthless 

Interesting novels with assassin٫thief or rouge protagonist.

I have decided to makes this list in order to celebrate reaching 150 completed and 400 read novels marks. ... more>>

I don't read/like yaoi, yuri, female protagonist or shoujo novels, so there won't be any on this list. 

In order for a novel to appear here, it must meet the following requirements:

1 - At the very least, I must be up to date with translations. However, in most cases I am up to date with raws or have completed it.

2 - List will only include those novels with an actual plot, MCs who actually work hard and power systems which have something unique about them, because  I am not a fan of novels with dumb MCs with massive luck, who don't have to struggle, collects girls like pokemon, absolutely generic power systems and 0 plot.
NOTE: This does not mean that there won't be harem novels on the list at all. It means that if a harem novel appears, it is because it is that good.

For those novels, which came close but did not manage to enter the list, I made another list :) 

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10810/?ft=yes <<less

Best Villain novels on other sites ... more>>

Webnovel.com

1. Villain : The Play of Destiny - ( 4.9 / 5 )

2. Journey of the  fate destroying Emperor - ( 4.8 / 5)

3. Profane Prince of Domination - ( 4.8 / 5 )

4 .WHY SHOULD I STOP BEING A VILLAIN

5 . Villain: Manipulating the Heroines into hating the Protagonist

 6. Douluo Dalu: The Legend of Heavenly Ruler

MTLNATION.com

1.Fantasy: Villain Investment Rebate, Little Brother 30 Million - ( 5/5 ) 

2 . Villain : Reborn heroine delusional comeback -  ( 4.5 / 5 ) <<less

Good stuff

Mainleads are scheming or dark past and ruthless or both

I read both male and female protagonist novels and here are the novels where I was like "Damn, that sh*t good."... more>>

This is also your local novel drug store. Proceed with caution.

Not in any particular order except top 3 o̶r̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶1̶0̶ ̶t̶o̶p̶.̶

RANKING IS DEAD. It's too annoying to rank these novels because they all have their good points. :) <<less

Looking at the MCs from a psychological point of view. Simply enjoyable reads with an MC who has a sickly/messed up mind.... more>>

Or just an interesting philosophy. <<less

On this personal list, I will put the must read novels in my opinion if you have any question about them just put a comment, ... more>> discord .gg/ NvebMwA5Va: if you want to speak about novels and more a community with more than 340+ members. <<less

Not your typical FL/plot (mostly tragic undertone)... more>>

Order of novels matters (for the first 15 smth, then I won't bother sorting them anymore) PS: Order greatly influenced by the time I read them, how well I remember them and by the uniqueness of the FL.

The tags are for all novels, but not all novels have all tags. The tags represent the things that I look for in novels. It's hard to find all of them in a single novel, if you find 5 in one it's really good, but to find it in 10 it's sadly only a dream.  So if you love one of this novels, you'll probably love the other too even if it's different. Each novel has at least 4 of those tags and other thrilling ones (manipulative FL, aloof FL, genius protagonist, charming FL, sharp-tongued FL, stubborn protagonist, mu*der and crimes, tough past plays an important role, reincarnation, revenge, second chance, mature feeling, mature FL, calm FL, doting love interest, power couple, devoted love interest, seduction)

The similarity between all: 

- not a fragile, submissive, prude and weak-willed FL

- not an a**hole, abusive ML

- not a dumb and repetitive vocabulary and sentences, such as: "obedient", "good girl", "nooo" (saying it just to have smth to say), a lot of s*upid unnecessary exaggerations of curses from antagonists etc

- honest, unconditional love

- good plot/ really good plot/ super unique

- from good to really good translations <<less

Best action, scheming novels with ruthless, calm, and strong protagonists.

- Most has "possessive" tag, blame my sweet maiden hearth uwu, it'd be boring without it.... more>>

- Not all of them revolve around "romance", but has a BL sub-plot at the very least.

- If MC isn't a goner, ML surely is lololol these types are the most entertaining. 

P.s: There's this one novel called "QT: Is It Better to be a Beta?" (beta as the beta reader), it's f*cking great, check it out on webnovel. <<less

Novels about MC's who only care about themselves. To them, everyone else is a side character who they don't care if they live or die. ... more>>

*Note: Some novels on this list will have the MC care about literally one person, if they care about more than one it's not going to be added* <<less

More than just being strong, these protagonists drag everyone else around at their pace.
They do things their own way and flaunt their power to... more>> make that happen.
They are certified badasses. <<less

No description.

If you enjoy reading books written with care and proper thought process with well-fleshed-out characters and excellent plot development, this one is for you. 

No romance mc has no bottom line ruthless evil and selfish mc

Mc is a cunning man when it comes to schemes and conspiracies

A list of worthwhile titles with at least one brilliant aspect, making them far more memorable than almost everything else around here, but at the same time one glaring fault, which stops them from entering my "Above And Beyond All" list.... more>>

There's no real ranking here, but to me there's a difference between the top 4 and bottom 4.

Please comment below with suggestions of good titles. I'd appreciate that a lot. <<less

no rank over there.

I love  cultivation novel so any good novel recommend me , where mc is not s*upid and not son of luck 
MTLNATION.com... more>>

1. Primordial Ancient Snake - ( 4.5 /5) Best cultivation , super technology , world development  , novel i have ever seen there is no baseless face slapping and bulsh*t romance , in this novel there is no need of romance , mc create vr , communication system and many much things , you will never get boor of it because it have unlimited mysteries , you will be hooked in just 10 chapters 

2. . Sacred Land Is Going Bankrupt And I Invent The Cell Phone! -  ( 4.5/5 )  650 ch + ongoing A amazing novel it hooked me from start , everything is logical , face slapping is also logical not like other novel  . Only complain is romance and girls , they shouldn't be here in this novel they are just like filler chapters .in start they are little bit powerful but later on they are just beautiful vases nothing else they can't even help mc because mc enemy levels are very high for them , so just mc has to fight , i cant understand mc personality about girls just shitty except this mc is amazing . 

Webnovel.com 

1. Supremacy games  - A amazing blood evolution novel like warlock of magus world everything is amazing in this novel ,,  i lost my intrest when mc goes to universe level tournament / god descendent tournament because all the mysteries is solved <<less

I have read more than 500 novels until now. Here’s my List of best 50 novels. No specific genre. Some of them are Original which i read ... more>>

TBATE - my first Reincarnation novel really good but very slow release 1 chapter per week. - S .

Shadow s*ave - Really unique system and story. - S

Mother of Learning - Classic Novel .Time Loop and Magic - S+. One of the Best

The Sinful Life of the Emperor - Great Smut novel with really good story and action , really liked this - S

Along with this i will list about 50 novels from 500 which i liked the best. <<less

A list of stories with main characters who range from selfish and socially awkward to just plain flat-out jerks. Sometimes the author tries to hide it, other times they show off with shoddy justifications.... more>>

Doesn't necessarily make the story bad, though it never makes the story better (unless that's the kind of jerk you need...) <<less

Female or Male MCs who are truly villains at heart

This is a list of novels that, I have read and believe it shows most of the traits ,I have given in title.