Don't expect many harems with characters who can't think for themselves or fall in love with the MC before page 1. Many might have a slow moving plot... have to invest yourself into the characters to find the tragic, beautiful and poignant!... more>>

First, some English original webnovels that are superb and easily googleable (in order of best characters, not necessarily plot): 
1. Trailer tr*sh
2. Iron Teeth
3. Castle Kingside (rewrite)
4. Metaworld Chronicles
5. The Good Student
6. Worm (Parahumans)
7. AnimeCon Harem (18+)
8. Mother of Learning
9. Selena's Reign
10. Double Blind: A modern litRPG
11. Tidal Lock (unfinished)

Note that I've been recently pruning and updating the list to remove some that were just good stories with average characters and move them over to new lists that are top of their genre. You can see all my rec lists at https://www.novelupdates.com/user/10378/tallrice/ <<less

Novels I've read from way way back and still find them good these days. Some are adapted into animes but didn't really do them justice.... more>> It is still better to read the novels because of omitted details crucial to the characters behaviour or actions. <<less

These are my most favorite novels. I hope ya find something to your liking.

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

Classics that have all left a mark on the LN/Manga/Anime communities as a whole. Note that these don't always mean they're GOOD. Not in any... more>> particular order, with the exception of Spice and Wolf as overall favourite. <<less

Just a list of novels I'd like to read

Books that exist when I'm Young (2-grader)

This novels are adapted to Anime and I watched (even the sh*t ones) . Ranked by how good (my opinion) the Anime is. Top ranking... more>> are more accurate than lower ones. Links to MyAnimeList in the description. Feel free to comment on any objection in the rankings. If I agree with your disagreement, i will correct it. <<less

Ever gone searching for a novel to read and find out that there are little to no chapters listed as translated even though you swear that must be incorrect. This list aims to fix the issues surrounding novels that have unlisted chapters due to scenarios like licensing and paywalls. What you do with this information is up to you. Spice and wolf below is the basic example of the formatting I wish to follow. If you know a novel not listed here that meets the criteria please say so and post in the link to the discussion thread below.(I  start slowly updating this list tomorrow due to sleep needs, if others want to start their... more>> own lists like this so I don't have to please do.)

Discussion thread: https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/novels-with-incorrect-chapter-counts.91058/

Edit: for those of you wondering about the view count f5 is a glorious button. <<less

The list contains some of the better novels with European theme.