Nothing just a record of my some of the best ones here. I'll try to rate them and explain what's the best part about it... more>> too <<less

“Please don’t leave me because you’re all that I have. Even if the whole world is against me, I know that you’ll be there for me.”... more>>

- Couples that are a team. They have been there for each other through all the struggles <<less

Solid 5/5, would re-read more than once.... more>>

My preference: strong leads, love interest falls first, romance driven plots, (smut where I can find it lol). <<less

Life’s hard, man. In this rec, you’ll find novels with characters that move forward from their tragic past and from societal standards, characters that find a way to live for themselves despite a system, plot, entity, or life from preventing them to do so. ... more>>

This list includes strong, courageous characters that disobey the system, original plot line, and fate through the ability to think and desire to choose their own happy ending. From world hopping to transmigration novels, these characters have dignity, grit, and values - both of which they are not willing to break regardless of what a system or entity says. 

-  includes transmigration novels where the characters struggles, suffers, or is punished for disobeying the original plot line; and characters who are able to fight the charms and effects of their own system and other people’s systems

- includes characters with grit and defiance to fate: characters that have been reborn or transmigrated way too many times, characters in game and different worlds that are trying to survive and find their own happy ending, despite the plot and other characters preventing them from doing so

- includes characters who portray growth; includes characters who are able to make peace with their past and move forward and find their own happiness <<less

not in any order

When I say quality, I mean it was enjoyable to read.... more>>

Not every novel in this list will be a Fan TL’er with good diction. But it will at least be readable. 

Every novel in this list I have read from start to finish and liked enough to add it to this list and would recommend to friends  <<less

I give anything a try!

all books I've finished+ personal rating

in other words my favourite danmei novels

для себя

For those who enjoy slow-paced, well-written (and well-translated) bl/gl. Warning: tearjerkers included, mature content.

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Just a bunch of reccs :) please beware of the TW for some novels! The novels in this list are mainly on the angsty side and some fluff. Contains both historical and modern day novels. Some novels in this list are completed while some are close to being completed OR i MTL’d them and thought they were good. ... more>>

PS; i actively try to avoid things that portray characters as ‘small and innocent and childish’ (they usually describe the shou like this) so this list may not have novels like that! <<less

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Stories where I personally think that it has reached the pinnacle of being just so good that you could physically feel your heart ache while reading it and feel the ache the most when you could do nothing but part with it. ... more>>

Look at me being so poetic lol. <<less

These made me cry ……….. they are not just BL novels they address some most realistic relationship situations and issues !

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BL I would recommend to people who have not read / read much BL before. ... more>>

Focus on: plot, interesting characters, good relationships, 'verse-building, completed novels.  

Also included: Novels that 'set the genre' - including ones with toxic tropes (looking at you, 'kiss me liar' and 'scum villain's self saving system')

Avoids (as much as possible): toxic tropes, Mary-Sue characters, cookie cutter plots, plot-holes.  <<less

My favourites... more>>

I like strong but flawed characters and want those characterisation to be shown not repeatedly told. I'm a big fan of mature romance, powerful, balanced couples who stand shoulder to shoulder.  I prefer portrayals of relationships with a bit of angst. <<less

Danmeis I completed reading and I find amazing. They have plot most of the time. :) It's in a modern or just anything that's not... more>> historical setting. <<less

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and i will be reading it again!

books i have finished reading in 2023