This is a list contains novels that are of the type where the main character either transmigrates into a world similar to Earth into the body of a person in history or regresses back to themselves of their past. This list does not contain fantasy stuff such as magic or hunters. By this i mean the focus of the novel could be kingdom building, financial empires or military stuff like World Wars.... more>>

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These novels made me cry and warmed my heart.  

<<  Shounen Ai & Yaoi novels  >>
Main Character wakes up / in another world / as someone else / in the past... more>>

- Good plot w/ Happy Endings?

- Check my reading lists cause they're all gathered there. 290+ BL novels and adding more everyday :) <<less

(Actively updated.) When I first started reading on NU, I wished that there was a rec list with long descriptions of the novels so I knew what I'm getting myself into instead of having to check the synopsis of each individual novel. Couldn't find any, so I created one. Here it is. Arranged from best > worst > boring reading experience.... more>>

Disclaimer; my "reviews" are my own personal, biased opinions. I'm terrible at being systematic & putting my thoughts into effective sentences, so 90% of the novel descriptions in here are just me rambling. I usually only drop & rate novels after I've read at least until c.35. Also, I like to change my ratings & reviews sporadically. Feel free to suggest more novels and/or argue with me.

[5/5] - Truck-kun would shed real man tears at these masterpieces.

Below [4.4/5] - Truck-kun would shed tears of a disappointed Asian parent.

[3/5] - Truck-kun would hit them (again), maybe then they'll transmigrate and become a better story. Replaceable at any time.

("|| STATUS: [ ]" is my reading status as of typing the novel's description.) <<less

Just some romance novels that i enjoy and want to read. I personaly prefer stories without harem, so i made this. I made this list for myself, but everyone can view too. I hope this list could help anyone who saw this.... more>>

A few of them might have the equal amount of POV for the ML and FL.

English is not my first language. Sorry for my bad English, i hope it's still understandable. Some of these novels might have my opinion/note and some doesn't, mostly because i just don't know what to write. 

Some of these might not be heavily focused on romance/the romance progress is slow. Tell me if i put the wrong novel in this list, since i can't remember all of the details. <<less

This list contains love that transcends two lifetimes through characters that travel through time and space to be with their loved one.... more>>

- involving lovers that get another chance, this list includes characters (eg. ml or children) that go back in time to meet and save their beloved (eg. fl or parents) from unfortunate situations. 

 -includes Non-strangers that transmigrate together and continue to associate with each other to eventually fall in love; characters from different time periods that fall in love; lovers that continue to love and find their happy ending after rebirth; multiple transmigrations; and lovers that eventually travel to the mc’s original world to stay together 

- includes lovers separated by time and dimensions 

- won’t include world hopping, quick transmigration novels with a system administrator unless both mc and ml have systems that relay tasks related to each other falling in love  <<less

my life has been full of shitty male rep n void of a father figure, n i never thought it showed until i realized i only read these tropes,, but anyway, here u go,,,, the list contains novel where:... more>>

♡ young FL gets adopted/brought up by a loving villain father (+bonus! overly protective brother)

♡ young FL gets married to young ML with yandere issues who pampers her (+bonus! father in law is a villain who pampers his daughter in law bcs he never had a chance with his un-cute son)

♡ FL gets married to a considerably older ML who cares for her the way mature, put together men do and pampers her (+bonus! the ML is the father of the oriML who was a bit* to FL before she reincarnated/went back in time and was thus was replaced)

SORTING:
#1 - 13 = young FL/ML, couple growth, protective family etc.

#14 - onwards = grown FL/ML, possible age gap, yandere/pampering ML, possible scheming/action

[list in progress bcs im mentally ill and job huntingTTTT life so hard n what for] <<less

Stories that I genuinely liked with interesting characters. These characters have ambition, smarts, or interesting perspectives. I think that every good story must have a good main character, or everything will collapse, so I've only added my absolute favorites.... more>>

The stories are in order, but they are all enjoyable. Some have romance (BL or GB) and others don't.  Some have period typical attitudes (ie, the value of women in a harem setting is not...spectacular). The majority are CN, but a few are also KN. There's...there's a lot of transmigration, admittedly. I have no defence there.

Please enjoy and let me know if my opinions are accurate! <<less

Just some rebirth novels I find interesting. Feel free to leave suggestions!

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

If you love all those then this list is for you, I’m just too lazy to separate them. I’ll add more when I get through all the ones I’ve read.They are all completed. Some are great, some are okay, some are just not for me. ... more>>

PS: so far I’ll only put what I’ve read and completed. If you have any suggestion, feel free to drop it here!

Link to part2: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/82961/ <<less

Transmigration/reincarnation stories where the MC/ML/FL has come from an apocalyptic type situation. Keeping my definitions vague. These novels often don't snow up since they're not really apocalypse settings so comment if you know any I should add.... more>>

Give me those hard core, no nonsense, ruthless, competent, bad ass MCs! <<less

Anger meter getting high up into the clouds inducing novels. How misunderstandings, miscommunications, hateful third parties are always in the mix. ML's need to STEP... more>> UP!!! The PLOT needs to be straightened!!! THINGS NEED TO BE SET STRAIGHT!!! Genres? Will add whatever genre, whatever language and whatever theme (more or less) so be open. ^^ <<less

These few r not very popular but definitely very very good...the kind which we usually skip or don't expect anything good from... but let me... more>> tell u the novels in this list r worth every single second of ur time... don't skip out on these ones...there r some very good short stories included in the list too..do give these all a read...hope u get to discover some good novels here... <<less

Although i m not the person who has read all the novels i most certainly consider my self as one the crazy novel readers.... more>>

One of my favorite types are where you get to see the reactions of other people based of the mc's action and i thats the really fun part and probably the sole reason why "underestimated tag" is famous.

My list belongs to the type of novel I read and Let me tell you what you won't/will Find here

1. Bull sh*t about Friendship Spirit and love which makes me puke out of cringe.

2. Novels which people disregard based on things like "this doesn't make sense how can there be magic and modern day" 

3. Novels which people disregard saying" the explanations are too much" which you can skip with enough intelligence and some other dumb shit. 

4. Novels where the MC gets lucky at every single step one after another like a who*e who succu....*chough* *cough*..... You get it.

5. Novels which are worth read and you will be spending time on them and the novel with too few chapters wont be there or if they are then you can be sure that the mtl is readable and its available on lnmtl

5 Make sure to know the novels won't have all the tags but most probably atleast one.

6. Looking for Male protagonist novels doesn't mean im a sexist

Enjoy

<And oh yeah if you have read all the novels on the list then congratulations mine and yours tastes match woooo!.. so now you can suck my d**k.(you know i m kidding right ;p. ) <<less

I had bought all these stories with real money and read from beginning to end in the krn raw. The list is not in any type of order. I just add stories I really loved here. ... more>>

I’m adding stories as I go. There are more stories I love, but they had not been picked up by translators.  <<less

Just see the tags.. Only add Complete novel (translated or MTL), and no BL/GL. There still some novel in my bookmarks chrome that yet i move here..... more>>

Oh, i can't add anymore (⁠・⁠o⁠・⁠)  i already make the sec list \⁠(⁠ϋ⁠)⁠/ <<less

In another world maybe in medieval or futuristic settings, where the MC got Transmigrated, Reincarnated, Possessed, or Regressed and sometimes there's a System. Sometimes they... more>> have memories of the past, read a novel about the world, or leveling up in game or not! <<less

The reason why this three are combined here is that not many of them exist in NU and have one of the tags.... more>>

This is a minor list, it will not get updated often as other lists. <<less

MC's sick! Deadly illnesses galore! Inherited via genetics, acquired by poisoning? Possible death, definite death, time travel, and hopefully angst!

What can I say I love evil mc that are power focused 

This list includes web novels focused on making money (or bartering in the case of more primitive settings) using modern knowledge. Some of them are small-scale business owners, whereas others create kingdoms and focus on macro-economics. 
Some are gxb, others are BL, but barely any harems!! The harems included are basically inoffensive. I usually stay away from game elements like systems or cheats, but they're kind of inevitable in the genre. ... more>>

All of them are completed on mtl! 

On other websites: 

-Lady of the Lord From the East 

- The Landlord and His Wife 

- Mountain People  <<less

Most time loops aren't on NU either, so here are some to look for:
1. Mother of Learning - well developed, psychic spiders, great magic system and lots of loops.
2. The Perfect Run - a corrupt post-apocalyptic Rome with a witty superpower courier playing the Heroes against the Villains to find his childhood friend.
3. Dear Spellbook - inspired by Mother of Learning: a sorcerer in a land where sorcery is banned seeking to stop a conspiracy of the evil hordes
4. Reroll - Worm meets timeloop.
5. Master of the Loop - time loop to messiah on the wall against the zombie hordes
6. The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Victorian mu*der... more>> mystery in a body swapping time loop
7. Truth Seeker - a Mother of Learning mimic. Not original, but it is fun and decently written.
8. The Menocht Loop - a fusion of inception's idea of layers with a time loop. Great start, falls off later...
9. Replay (1987) - one of the original loop novels with s*x, drugs and rock and roll
10. The Great Core's Paradox - ouroboros LitRPG
11. RE: Monarch - a prince in a loop... unfortunately, the writing is pretty bad...

And more I have not yet read:
1. The first 15 lives of Harry August
2. The bleak walker
3. Darkmatter/recursion
4. Strange Life of Ivan Osokin
5. 11 birthdays
Skeleton soldier who couldn't protect the dungeon (webtoon)

Time loop movies in the first comment. 

If you like Time loop novels, check out second chance novels: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10749/ <<less

Best stories about getting a second chance in life... more>>

Or going to another world <<less

I will be adding here the novels I read through 2024 plus add my thoughts about them