Slower paced web/light novels that require you to pay attention while reading them. Generally a larger focus on dialogue, philosophy and descriptions.

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 (in order of best characters, not necessarily plot): 
1. Trailer tr*sh
2. Iron Teeth
3. Castle Kingside (rewrite)
4. Metaworld Chronicles
5. The Good Student
6. Worm (Parahumans)
7. AnimeCon Harem (18+)
8. Mother of Learning
9. Selena's Reign
10. Double Blind: A modern litRPG
11. 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

reincarnating into an over-powered main lead trope

I have a soft spot for naive and oblivious MCs, so here goes my list.... more>>

BG - heterosexual. BL - boy love <<less

Most fo them idk yet. ... more>>

No smut, ai, yaoi, yuri.

Almost no harem.  <<less

Mostly fresh fresh newly coming out dishes here :3 Keep your eyes open and read them while they are there as you may never know where they disappear.~Yea, you will find similar stories with one name of a villain in one will be the name of a heroine in another :3 and of course some your list of worse male leads will go longer XD and its more of a list of my current readings of K-novels rather then a rec list ~_~  Mostly ongoing and New ones!!! Do not mind the repeated novels :p  Suggestions are most welcomed <3......PS: I would suggest you to archive the wattpad ones which may disappear at any moment~.... Do... more>> not expose the translators and keep the asking around in private <3Check out the previous link too~

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/17633/ <<less

Mostly fresh fresh newly coming out dishes here :3 Keep your eyes open and read them while they are there as you may never know where they disappear. ... more>>

~Yea, you will find similar stories with one name of a villain in one will be the name of a heroine in another :3 and of course some your list of worse male leads will go longer XD and its more of a list of my current readings of K-novels rather then a rec list ~_~  

*Mostly ongoing and New ones!!! Do not mind the repeated novels :p  

*Suggestions are most welcomed <3......PS: I would suggest you to archive the wattpad ones which may disappear at any moment~.... 

*Do not expose the translators and keep the asking around in private <3

Check out the previous list too~

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/18202/ <<less

Mostly fresh fresh newly coming out dishes here :3 Keep your eyes open and read them while they are there as you may never know where they disappear. ... more>>

~Yea, you will find similar stories with one name of a villain in one will be the name of a heroine in another :3 and of course some your list of worse male leads will go longer XD and its more of a list of my current readings of K-novels rather then a rec list ~_~  

*Mostly ongoing and New ones!!! Do not mind the repeated novels :p  

*Suggestions are most welcomed <3......PS: I would suggest you to archive the wattpad ones which may disappear at any moment~.... 

*Do not expose the translators and keep the asking around in private <3Check out the previous list too~

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/19464/ <<less

Mostly fresh fresh newly coming out dishes here :3... more>>

Keep your eyes open and read them while they are there as you may never know where they disappear. 

~Yea, you will find similar stories with one name of a villain in one will be the name of a heroine in another :3 and of course some your list of worse male leads will go longer XD and its more of a list of my current readings of K-novels rather then a rec list ~_~  

*Mostly ongoing and New ones!!! Do not mind the repeated novels :p  

**Suggestions are most welcomed <3......

PS: I would suggest you to archive the wattpad ones which may disappear at any moment~.... 
PS2: Make sure to check out the previous lists too~~

*Do not expose the translators and keep the asking around in private <3Check out eh previous list too~

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/21175/ <<less

Chinese Novels with action, romance, fantasy, comedy, xianxia, xuanhuan and especially with NO HAREM!!!

Mostly fresh fresh newly coming out dishes here :3... more>>

~Keep your eyes open and read them while they are there as you may never know where they disappear. 

~Yea, you will find similar stories with one name of a villain in one will be the name of a heroine in another :3 

~and of course some your list of worse male leads will go longer XD 

~Its more of a list of my current readings of K-novels rather then a rec list ~_~  

*Mostly ongoing and New ones!!! Do not mind the repeated novels :p  

**Suggestions are most welcomed <3......

PS: I would suggest you to archive the wattpad ones which may disappear at any moment~.... 

PS2: Make sure to check out the previous lists too~~

*Do not expose the translators and keep the asking around in private <3Check out the previous list too~

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/23417/ <<less

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of everything that is ordinary but will invoke extraordinary feelings inside of you

[CHILDHOOD LOVE]

top 10? by a h**ny and lonely girl with taste in good quality translations
Ordered most fav to least fav

This is my ln/wn list that i've read so far. This list is sorted by order of the novels that i think are fun to... more>> read. I'm not someone who can give an opinion on the way of writing or plot development etc, I'm just giving an opinion based on what I felt while reading...and I'm sorry for my broken English <<less

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1) story-focused, grand outer plot

2) world-building, specifically not about romantic growth, but personal and professional growth

BLs focusing on MC-ML's life and adventure, not checking off romantic checkpoints. Story is filled with world building. Low to NO romance in the early chapters, Aro-Ace friendly. Not in any order. 

//friends, rivals become lovers //three-dimensional side characters //plot focused //love grows over time //fake bromance <<less

genre ; Adult, mature, Romance, Fantasy, Smut, Yaoi, sci-fi, historical

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Currently updating manhwa/manga that were so good I went to read the novel and it was better than I expected?!... more>>

Sorted fav to least fav

Still updating <<less

a personal curation of my all time fav, re-readability rate is 10/10

My favorite cultivation/magic novels. romance usually is pretty late or as a subplot.... more>>

The ones with male MC have no harem.

The ones with female MC are ACTUALLY READABLE.
--> there is no specific order in the rankings (Although I tried to put some general order as much as possible)  <-- <<less

Top Tier Novels which I have personally read. All of them are worth reading for many reasons. No specific genre, only top quality novels.... more>>

Note: Most focus is given on "fun" element, so even if Translation is bad or novel has some other defects it will still be a quality read. <<less