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

Novels that for one reason or another I really enjoyed. Not in any particular order.

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Novels from pre-2010 era, high focus on JPN (with usually anime adaption) but there is a slight mix. 

A list containing novels with zero harem[love triangles in some] and good stories to my preference. Not tags as there is no central themes. But... more>> I can promise you that there is no filler stuff in my recommendations.I will be updating the details and why you should read them often enough. And don't go with the way they are queued, as things may vary from person to person, just take them as a list.If you want to use MTL for novels... use comrademao.. its the closest with OG quality I have come across, they use some good software. <<less

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Small list of the stories I've found to be compelling even if flawed due to at the very least getting the basics right if not excelling in one aspect. (world building, character growth, character development, action, humor, etc.)... more>>

Quoting a user from the discord: 
"The best stories with a super overpowered protagonist don't rely on combat to be the motivating force for plot progression. 
It's interpersonal relationships, it's a time limit on how long they have to reach a goal, it's severely limiting factor on their powers, any number of other things. 
Making a story about a super overpowered protagonist, and then making every single piece of conflict in the story based around fighting severely drags a story down."

I've omitted any stories hosted only on webnovel/Qidian.

Work in progress, in no particular order. <<less

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

Just the stuff I've enjoyed most. Not everything will be the same genre, but if you have enjoyed something on this list you will probably enjoy others as well.... more>>

The last 5 will be my favourite romances <<less

This is a list of fun romps and good stories to sink your teeth into. As I read many types of stories there are many different types on here. Ignore the ranking check my descriptiors. I hope this list can help you find a story to satisfy your current reading needs.... more>>

Edit: I will add to or remove from this list as I see fit. <<less

Sturgeon's law: 99% of everything is terrible.... more>>

I know many people say that there are no good novels on this site, and it oftens feels like the top lists are filled with overpowered MC's, undeveloped harems, 2D characters, and lacking plots.

There are some novels that stand out, however, whether that be for their plots, characters, or translations.

This is a list for my personal 1%. It is ranked in order. <<less

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I don't know about the accuracy of these translations but the english used is natural, native english, notwithstanding any grammatical errors.... more>>

All genres. If you have a good ear for english and have further suggestions pop a note below. <<less

Well this is a list of novels that really gave me a good laugh while reading them

Completed series that are not a waste of time. Added benefit of binging and not waiting for updates. No need to be worried if the... more>> series will suddenly be dropped by the translator. Ranked by how much people will enjoy the series as a whole. No BL <<less

Just a variety of things, mostly completely translated.

Fun MCs? Interesting Plot? Schemings? Grey Moralities? Bring it on!!!! ... more>>

(I'm still working on the rank, overlook it for the moment please XD) <<less

All stuff I've read till the end and ranked by personal preference. The ones at the front are more accurate, the ones at the end are unsorted. ... more>>

My preference: Meandering slow-burn novels like Mao Ni's stuff get extra points. Harem/romance/face-slapping power fantasies get minus points. Completed novels get bonus points, and terrible endings get points knocked off. Also plus points for character building friends/family/enemies and down points for solo yolo.

English ones not included in rankings: Worm, Pact, Mother of Learning, The Perfect Run, Twig, Lightning is the Only Way, Master this Poor Disciple Died Again Today, Unable to Cultivate I can only Raise Soul Pets

MTL-only: Rebirth of the Noble Mage Behind the Scenes <<less

I laughed, I cried, I just plain enjoyed these novels. These are novels I consider to be my top personal favorites.... more>>

To see "candidate" novels that didn't or haven't made this list (yet), check out this list: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/25/ <<less

Chinese Cultivation novels, from Coiling Dragon to Against the Gods, were some of the absolute earliest novels listed on Novel Updates. Japanese isekai novels have... more>> been around the block for quite awhile, too, with middling popularity before Novel Updates even existed. ... And we <<less