"So many stories are glorious, so many heroes are victorious. But this story shows the other side that is rarely explored. This story is not happy, it is not light. There is no way to survive it without shedding tears, but in a way, the ending lifts the heavy feeling a little. Therefore, it was totally worth it!"- @Liri... more>>

[One of the review on Mulberry Song]

Liri's words pretty much sums up what I'm trying to accumulate in this list.  <<less

List of novels you might enjoy if you want to read novels with that have minimal romance/nonexistent.... more>>

More on friendship, brotherhood, family found stories. <<less

Something about same gender siblings getting along and acting like siblings just speaks to my family fluff loving heart. Unfortunately, a vast majority of asian... more>> novels (cough chinese cough) seem to think that opposite gender siblings= best, brother/sister complex (and borderline romantic gross) and same gender sibling= toxic, sisters ABSOLUTELY CANNOT SUPPORT EACH OTHER, must steal fiance or be a jealous biatch (same gender brothers to a lesser degree as well). Maybe is because I have a bunch of sisters (and only one brother), but my best friends are my siblings! This list is for all those with good relationships with their siblings. Please add more in comments I missed, I want all the feels!!! This list is in no particular order, just added to when I remember and in boy-girl order. NOT YURI OR YAOI, STRICTLY FAMILY VIBES! <<less

male mc with no romance that could interfere with the plot _ maybe bromance? _ there are hunters , another world and things like that.... more>>

mc with a goal even if it's slacking of _ there is no ranking it's random~  <<less

No romance, no harem. Just MC with their brotherhood/sisterhood or found-family ^^~.... more>>

Novels with adaptations are noted.

Recommendations are appreciated! <<less

2nd List -
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/50277/... more>>

3rd List -
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/61691/

I am doing this list for people like me who enjoy family and friendships or gets entrained by MC building there organizations directly or indirectly—
(Unedited) They are all in alphabetic orders, # or A-Z

There will also master-follower relationship or master-disciple relationship being recovered or building up between them…

And some overstate themselves even though they are OP or haven’t released their power-

There are no romance nor harem but there might be people around them having favorable impressions on them or bad reputation trying to be fixed or just leaving it…

I will try to put on novels that I’m sure there isn’t any romance nor harem and have already read them so to be double sure and some are recommended to me and had told me there isn’t :>

Any that are involve with the tag romance is explained in the bottom ^^*

Loving family for the beginning, knowing, and get transmigrated in a novel or another world ✌️

MC - Main Character
OP - Over Powered
OG FL - Original Female Lead
FL - Female Lead
OG ML - Original Male Lead
ML - Male Lead
BL - Boy’s Love
GL - Girl’s Love
GB - Genderbend <<less

Yet to read/ in midst of reading

The one that readed and meet my references were scooped out to my other list. Check it out!

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Most of them idk yet. ... more>>

Almost have harem and smut

No ai, yuri, yaoi.  <<less

Translated Taiwanese light novels (physical books). Most are no or minimal romance, focusing on plot and bonds between family and friends instead! The writing style... more>> usually has a comedic undertone as well. <<less

Because I ran out of space in the first one

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Novels I have enjoyed so far who have male protagonists. (Not ranked in any particular order)... more>>

Some are still ongoing and I will come back to review, others I have not finished, I will put a disclaimer (I'm the kind that saves up chapters and sometimes find it hard to get back in).

I might put in novels whose first few hundred chapters I enjoyed but later dropped. <<less

This list is composed of all the stories that I have enjoyed reading but did not make the cut for my very detailed  'Fun Reads and Good Reads' recommendation list. This list also contains a variety of different types of stories and there is no real number ranking. Take a look and see what might suit your taste. ... more>>

Stories may be added or removed as I see fit. <<less

Stories with a close friendship/relationship between two male characters that is not romantic in nature.

This a list of my all-time favourite stories. Adding reviews in-progress. (May take over a long span of time.) Novels are sorted in descending worthwhileness.... more>> (Again from perspective.) <<less

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