Now a classic sub-genre of the Isekai genre, getting transformed into a monster is often accompanied by game elements or ability to evolve...... more>>

So many outside NU:
1. The Iron Teeth - goblin - by far the best - goblin MC is not reincarnated...
2. Realm of Monsters
3. Journey of Black and Red - vampire
4. A Dragon's Curiosity - dragon/human
5. The Dark Herbalist (Russian) - goblin - VRMMO goblin series
6. Chrysalis - warrior ant fighting for queen and hive
7. Threadbare - teddy bear
8. Queen in the mud - salamander with cute magic and city building
9. Demon's virtue - an imp
10. Life reset - yet another goblin - VRMMO like Dark Herbalist
11. I don't want to be the hive queen - Vex (humanoid/ant/zerg?) - [have not read yet]
12. Fork this life - fork [have not read yet]
13. Lament of the fallen - chimeric demon/kitsune/angel - [have not yet read]
14. Vainqueur the dragon - dragon - comedy
15. Parasite king - parasite (not reincarnation)
16. Archaic princess - zerg
17. Everybody loves large chests - mimic
18. Is that a wisp - wisp
19. Tree of aeons - tree - good premise, inconsistent mechanics and lots of plot armour
20. The snake report - snake

Classic: Metamorphosis (Kafka) - bug (cockroach?)

If you like this type of story, you might also like Reincarnated as a Dungeon Core novels. You can check my other list if you want to see some of those. <<less

I love novels with exciting action and a survivalist story especially ones with female leads! That's what this list is. It's ordered from most to least liked novel (I rated them too) and at the end are novels I've yet to read.... more>>

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~P.S. Worm is a webnovel that features a dark story centering a girl with certain powers and her dangerous adventures. It's not on NU (cause it's not a translated novel), but you can find it on parahuman's website 

Also, Survive Romance and 7 seeds are good survival manga <<less

An actually good escapism isekai that rewards you with feelings either sad or happiness. (note that this list is still unfinished)... more>>

Please leave feedback in the comment if u have a recommendation(im craving for a good isekai... help) or didn't agree with some of the lists. <<less

These are the novels that I personally enjoyed, though some of them might not be my favorites, they still had enough influence stay in my heart as a decent novel at the very least... well, most of them. (Also I'm actually back now 2022, got burnt out after reading too much reincarnation paradise)[2023 here, uhhh, oops]... more>>

*Rest of description is for when you enter the list*
{I'm back and ready to fix my younger self's s*upid tastes, some are pretty good though}

(My reviews will not be consistent with the list because I go into the read deeper rather than just a overview, make sure to check my oldest comment, it is also the most liked one, it has the unpublished reads)

[S tier is a 5 star read, A is a 4.5 star read, B tier is a 4 star read, C tier is a 3.5 star read, D tier is a 3 star read, E tier is a 2 star read, F tier is a 1 star read] 

[SS and X tier are special. SS is consistency and intrigue, and X is the top 3 with the SS tier also being applied] 

(exaggerated tier which is a new special tier has been added, this is when I give reads that just started a good tier even when there isn't enough chapters to properly review it, the tier of the read will most probably change someday)

(The special tiers will now be accompanied by a regular tier, Exagg. tier will be accompanied with a Z)  <<less

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After reading like dozens, maybe even hundreds of isekai(more like fantasy), these are some of the good one that aren't that well known, or at least they got unique theme. Ranging from decent to godly one. If you got reccomendation, please put in the comment (I NEED MORE ISEKAI TO READ, or just magic fantasy stuff in general). And sorry I don't read Manhwa or Manhua stuff.... more>>

The ranking doesn't really matter since some of the better stuff might get pushed down as I add stuff. Though I'll try to keep the better stuff at the top. <<less

The list of Japanese Novels I have read over 2 years. Wish fulfillment and not. I post ones that I like a lot, or deem good enough to recommend to other people. 
This list contains only good novels that I've read up to the latest chapter available on NU or further(raws), there are ton of novels that i can recommend but I haven't finished them, yet. 
(list in alphabetical order)... more>>

Please point out errors in text, since English is not my native language. <<less

Some are abandoned.... more>>

Notice the absence of anything other than JP.

Avoid translations by "Estelion's Secret Imouto". <<less

If you are interested in my list, please leave a comment.... more>>

If not, I'm sorry for you wasting your time <<less

Novels I enjoyed/am planning to read in the future. A lot are in the kingdom building, some otome game, some reincarnation. Novels are generally ranked... more>> by page from favorite to least favorite. <<less

in mythical land fill with mage crafts. what life do they lead?

My all time favorites, absolutely no romance. Listed in order of personal enjoyment. Near the end of the list, it becomes something more like "yeah this was pretty good," but nevertheless, I did enjoy it. ... more>>

Sidenote: I find it hard to read novels where MCs are too brutal/ruthless, so don't expect many recs on those novels. 

Recommendation: I highly recommend Mother of Learning. Originally an english webnovel, so it's not on novel updates (It's on royalroad and fictionpress). No romance, and the time travel/time loop is well done. It's completed at 800k words. The writing has it's flaws, but I personally found it incredibly enjoyable. 

Summary: Zorian, a mage in training, only wanted to finish his education in peace. Now he struggles to find answers as he finds himself repeatedly reliving the same month. 'Groundhog Day' style setup in a fantasy world.

Another english webnovel that's really good is Never Die Twice. Completed. No romance. Villain MC. LitRPG.  <<less

This list a mishmash of all kind JP novel, hope you find good stuff to read, rank doesn't matter

A list of stories with female protagonist doing their own things. JP novels only.
I always update it as I read something new. If you have recommendation just say it.... more>>

Update: Deleted shoujo novels is heavily focused on romance <<less

I've read a lot of novels from this sites. As more and more novel entered my mind, the old ones will eventually be forgotten. But, theres always some special ones that left lasting impression in my mind. Whether its because of Its strong plot, enjoyable character interaction, emotional attachment towards the character, intriguing world building or simply because its theme is my delicacy. ... more>>

Note: My delicacy is God/Immortal protagonist (not shounen-kind-of god protagonist). Watching the fleeting life of mortals from their perspective always makes me feel melancholy that somehow addicting. Their life reminded me death is also a kind of blessing for us, being the only one left behind is miserable feeling. And that made me cherish every moment in my life, regardless in joy or sorrow. So, if you happen to know novel with said premise but not included in this list, hope you can leave a comment and let me know, thanks! 

No particular order.  <<less

This list is for people, like me, who are tired of romance and just want to read a good story.

List of novels that i found with no romance and has a female as the main character.... more>>

Anything that has the tag where a romance can happen is not included in list despite not having the romance genre in the genre list, e.g: josei, handsome male lead, late romance, slow romance, anything with love interest, engagement, marriage, r-18, s*xual relationship, romance sub-plot, yaoi/yuri sub-lot, etc. 

This is for the people who are tired of seeing a female protagonist become a s*upid damsel because of romance.

If you don't mind Fanfic or Gender-bent(male to female) types, I'll also be adding them.

I'll be adding more if I found some in the future and I'll be removing some if the author/s add romance in their work.

This type of novels are really hard to find so anyone who knows a one or two can drop it in the comment.

I'll also be adding what i found in other websites like webnovel or scribblehub in the comment section. <<less

Novels I have read or am reading, which include skills, level/game system and/or reincarnation, basically isekai, or just some kind of similar fantasy setting. The list also includes my score for them and what I thought about them which might include slight spoilers (sorry), some novel 'reviews' are shorter either because I've forgotten about them or just didn't have a lot to say about them. Mostly Korean and a few Japanese novels, I haven't and don't plan on reading any Chinese novels, i honestly can't understand the cultivation and divinity thing most of their novels have so i tend to avoid them, and I avoid slice of life novels like the plague. The list isn't... more>> in any particular order, the ones near the end are the ones I've read most recently. I will update this list and add novels I like and find worth reading every time I discover one. Unfortunately, there is a limit of a hundred novels per list on this site so if you want more recommendations, you can go to part 1 of my journey through isekai-esque novels!

Link to part 1 of the list: novelupdates.com/viewlist/11416/ <<less

Mostly action a lot of game elements just stuff I would recommend kinda ordered (will have to put more thought and wait till some have... more>> more chapters) <<less

A list for whenever I get tired of ever so gentle, proper and harmless FLs.

I've been going on a journey from A to Z due to lack of novels for me to read, as it felt like I read everything. Like I read way too much on this site... I just hit 650 reviews... though most of them were just a few words / sentences... I decided to finally make a reading list of what I think the best novels on this site are for male readers. Some stories were worse off in quality, but they were interesting enough to keep me reading.... more>>

I USUALLY ignore 4 types of novels

1. Romance focused

2. Historical focused

3. Female Leads

4. Dropped novels

Now, before u get mad, I only included ones that I CONTINUED liking. Because many times, the story quality ends up dropping the farther along the story is. I read a lot, so I'm very picky. Like when I first came to this site, I literally loved isekai, vrmmo, cultivation novels so much because everything was new... but now... there are comparisons... Another possible reason your novel isn't here, is that the novel is just new, and I have not read it yet as it was released after I went past that point alphabetically.

Please note the list will change in the future. I only read up the translation at the time of reading, so some of these books may be removed due to later chapters ruining the story.

Although I have read and liked a few FL Romance focused novels, I will not be including them to this list to be non biased, as I have not read enough of those to be picky about them. <<less

Looks like you've coincidentally stumbled upon this list. Not into Yaoi? (I'm into Yuri) How about Smut? Oh, not h**ny I guess. Maybe the colossal... more>> amount of CN novels is not up to your taste. Well either way, heres the sh*t I signed up for. Good luck! <<less

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Novels that caught my interest—pure guilt-pleasure reads... more>>

Orders are irrelevant

For a list of masterpiece novels, refer to this list:

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/83118/ <<less

Novels with a female protagonist (including gender-bender male to female) in no particular order.
Feel free to leave opinions or recommendations.
Ratings:
5- didn't read... more>> yet / is reading
4- finished reading
3- would read when book is picked up again or has new updates 
2- stopped reading after catching up
1- dropped <<less