The Best and most Entertaining CN Novels.... more>>

The kind of novels I HATE  :

1. No Romance

2. Slow paced plot

3. Lots of unwanted useless info which ruins reading experience.

4. Bland plot (Novels which fail to stir any emotion. Which feels like reading textbooks instead of Novels. Lol)

5. Lack of character interactions and a lot of forgotten characters.

6. I mostly hate Game settings (except one novel)

So these wont be there in my list

Above 40 will be extras which don't fit in the list <<less

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After reading many novels I reached the conclusion that (for a male at least) the perfect novel needs 3 ingredients to satisfy the reader without boring him:... more>>

1 - STRENGTH : Constant MC drive to Increase his power/strength via cultivation or other means. The greater the obstacles he overcomes, the hardship, and the explosion of his power after he strengthened himself, the greater is the psychological reward. Examples: I Shall Seal The Heavens, Against The Gods, The Desolate Era.

2 - BEAUTY : An unending series of beauties in distress, with saving them as the main motivation to go on with the story. The MC should not be necessary a righteous person, but he should have a soft spot for damsels in distress. The beauties must not necessarily become part of the MC harem, they just need to be grateful to him. Examples: Womanizing Mage, Ancient Strengthening Technique, Battle Through the Heavens.

3 - WISDOM : The MC must outsmart his enemies. The most cunning, the better. Battle strength alone is not going to keep interest in the long run. Scheming and strategy, especially long term grand designs and political ploys, keep the story interesting. Antagonists also need to be crafty to make defeating them a rewarding experience. EXAMPLES: Legend of Ling Tian, Nirvana in Fire, Transcending the Nine Heavens.

So the formula is Xianxia/Xuanhuan + Save-The-Beauties + Cunning Protagonist.

This is a list of the best novels of this kind. <<less

if your bored read this list, it will entertain you trust... more>>

PS: Mount Tai

if you guys have anything to say, feel free to say it in the comments. This list is more inclined toward romance but it does have some books that are Action only or MC only and have no romance.

There is no order, almost all if not all books are pretty good to most people

this list does include BL but it's only like once or twice! <<less

Badass novels that I read, with strong protagonist. 

My top novels. Low-key mainstream with generic rinse and repeat plot points but w/e. Still love the genre and writing style. 
Start date: April 2019

100 novels about Cultivation with male female protagonists, whether they are Xianxia, ​​Wuxia or Xuanhuan.... more>>

All the novels have more than 1000 chapters or complete.

There is no better or worse, judge according to your criteria. <<less

Chinese novels with MLs that are well-received in the Chinese community, meets at least one:... more>>

1. Rank highly on novels websites like Qidian and Zongheng (mostly QI)

2. Are strongly recommended on novel recommendation websites (eg at least 1k recommendation upvotes or at least 7.8/10 or 4/5 ratings with 1k reviews)

3. Commonly recommended on forums, search engines and blog posts (eg zhihu, sohu)

Notes:

There are novels that meet the criteria but not included like Lord of the Mysteries and Perfect World. May add them in later.

I picked the novels according to what caught my eyes (mostly comedy) or have more well known donghua adaptations (eg soul land, btth) so there may be many novels not mentioned

*Well received may not always mean good or well written, they may just be wish-fulfilment, OP-MC novels that generally cater to many, therefore, highly ranked. (eg popular 'junk food' novels).

This list is used as a compilation for me to ‘try out’. I will update my reviews if I’ve read something here. While I may not have read the novels, I may have read/ watched the dongman adaptations. <<less

A compilation of novels I've read. From interesting reads to fast food novels to pass time. They aren't ranked in any particular order though I... more>> did enjoy some more than others. <<less

The mixture of suger & spice.

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Great Books, various tags/genres... more>>

Refer to list 5/5 rating for my first choice of novel <<less

- Not romance centred, can't wait to read, mostly cultivation based, apocalyptic or fantasy, involves time travel.

add to that : ... more>>

- Shadow s*ave (SS) 

- Chaos heir (S) 

- Fire mage (A+) 

- Death and me (A) 

- Hitman with a badass system (B+)       

- Journey of the fate destroyer emperor (A) 

- Supremacy games (S)

- Supreme magus (A)

- Dimensional descent (S) 

- Villain retirement (A+) 

- divine path system (B+) 

- the author pov (A)

- Mother of learning (SS)

- The perfect run (A) 

- The great demon system (B) 

- Darius supreme (B) 

- Birth of demonic sword (B+)

- The beginning after the end (A)

- Blood warlock (B+)

- Cultivation online (C+)

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I’ve read too many novels... more>>

Not sorted yet, currently adding reviews <<less

The ones that I think do not focus on romance but in self-improvement or just ruling the world.

Just a list of novels with a strong romantic element from the perspective of a male. I find it hard to search for these explicitly since most novels categorized under the romance genre tend to be with female leads, and I personally have a hard time relating to their perspective. ... more>>

Some of the novels that are actually tagged with Male Protagonist and Romance are absolutely abysmal and should really not have the latter tag for a slew of reasons (e.g. Library of Heaven's Path). Typical cases I've seen are where characters might strongly pursue each other initially, but after they "get together" by establishing a relationship, they get too embarrassed to hold hands or have any physical progression (for like hundreds of years in the case of many Chinese cultivation novels). It's such a weird juxtaposition to see because in these fantasy type novels, as you'll see 95% of non-plot related characters around the MC depicted as lecherous, trying to r*pe every woman around them, but the MC himself would be too pure/innocent/dumb to have a single s*xual thought or action towards women he's close with. I would just like to see a normal relationship. These latter types of novels are what I'm trying to filter out of this list.

Note: This only includes the novels (including short stories) that I have read and have really enjoyed the romance aspect of it, even if the other elements are lacking or the book was potentially bad overall. <<less

Most of the finished novels are translated, generally it is more comfortable and fun to read this way. I feel sad when my entertainment like this is interrupted.... more>>

There are many more novels I have read that do not appear on this site, although I can only share 100 of them here. If my readings increase enough to fill another 100, I can make a second list, there will be no further additions for now. <<less

A compilation of some of the completely translated novels with Male Protagonists. Not ranked...yet. I'll see :thonk:
Mostly CN - KR - JP... more>>

If you're looking for completed novels with male protagonists, then this one's for you. <<less

I grew up with the development of Chinese Web Novels. In the beginning of 21st century, I started reading online novels, when Qidian set about... more>> expanding its business. Eastern fantasy was my favorite type. In every summer and winter vacation, I would read dozens of them. It was a great surprise for me when I heard NovelUpdates, which gave me the chance to create this list and share with you many memorable fantasy novels serving as milestones. <<less

Great novels that I've read, the top three are all must reads. The rest are in no particular order. If you were wondering why a veteran like me places LMS in top 3 its because that was my gateway to fantasy. Lord of the Mysteries is good to the level that it could be worshipped. The rest are just different genres that I checked out at different points in time. ... more>>

You might hate some novels but people have varied tastes so that's that. Check the whole thing out!

P.S. I read way more but ig 100s the limit so I'll stop here. Fellow daoists- NO JUDGEMENT   ;-) <<less

List of works adapted to Donghua anime. (JP works excluded as there are too many)

Mostly a list of novels I recommend because I offered to someone in a comment section and he accepted, so here am I.

Most of my favorite novels have actually come from other people's reading lists/recommendations. This is my attempt to give back to the community. Most of... more>> these novels do not require high IQ (quite the contrary actually), but I love these ones in particular. All novels are reviewed. I weight novels disproportionately based on the romance in the novels (but from a guy perspective), so take that into account before checking out my list. If you're a seasoned veteran on this site, you've probably read most of these novels. But still check it out ! You might find some hidden gems (I cover a lot of different "archetypes" of novels). <<less

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