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

Novels with adaptations are noted.

Recommendations are appreciated! <<less

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

I dislike ret*rds!!!!! Too much emotional mc is also a big no~~~~~~... more>>

Extremely kind mc is also meh... 

Lets be realistic everything is meh in front of benefit oriented mc.... But they are hard to find......

Ranking after first 3 is useless.  <<less

I'm gonna sort this list from gaeey-est to straight-est/ "brotherhood" level lol (except of course those novels which I haven't read yet, just recommended by many . I will just put them on the bottom, in accordance with their NU ratings) - you may also recommend some below if I ever missed one or anything. This is all for our quest on finding these types of novels anyway lmao.... more>>

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EDIT: On second thought, I won't put the ships anymore cuz some readers may put off reading it because they're spoiled as to who to focus on or that they're already suggested as to which relationships between 'bros' to invest on so yeaahh~~ Just gonna put some of my thoughts and its synopsis instead.  <<less

I hate romance. 

For novels that look like BL but aren't actually. Also for fun.
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So the real reason I made this is because I thought it was quite interesting how many BL shippers there are for no-romance and minimal-romance novels I've collected in my other lists. As you can imagine, most of these are novels that prominently feature male characters and their relationships with one another.... more>>

Although I do read BL, I'm not much of a shipper myself, so most of the stuff on here is here because there really are people out there shipping the MC with one of the male characters that's not canonically a love interest. Yes, I confirm these ships by searching for fanarts, fanfics, and forum articles asking if it's BL. Think of it as my weird hobby.
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I'm not going to rate or review the novels here. It's more of a compilation than a rec list. Note that I haven't read many of these, and that it is in no particular order.

There has to be an uncommon degree of fujobait going on. I'm not going to add just any series where male characters have a significant friendship. Although series with exceptionally thirsty fandoms will leak into this list anyways since, like I said, I'm not actually reading some of these. I will occasionally ramble in the description.

I'm well aware that there are plenty of other similar lists out there, so I'll link them below as I find them.
(insert after the "viewlist/" in the URL): 30062, 1733, 64324 <<less

Genre: Tragedy, Horror... more>>

Tragedy: 1 - 25

Horror: 27 - 52 <<less

Looking for HE a good chase without too much sidecar 

The first list is a complete one. ... more>>

Since I can only add 100 books per list, I'll continue here. I can't believe that I could even find so many books, I didn't think it'd be possible when I started the first list.Y'all can check out the first list, there might be some similarities, but I'm too lazy to check lol. If there are novels that have romance in the later stages in both lists, please let me know. 
Link to the first list- https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/25820/?st=1 <<less

No love, no problem.... more>>

This list contains novels with aromantic/asexual/celibate/loner ptotagonists.

Tags excluded: Romance, Harem, Smut, Slow Romance, Late Romance, Romantic Subplot, Ecchi, Yaoi, Yuri.

In no particular order. <<less

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action/fantasy/adventure novel that pique my interest. Some still unread... more>>

Harem is not needed, beautiful girls can just admire the hero <<less

Got tired of seeing novels that I want to put in my other list (16020, the No Love Interest list) having Romantic Subplot, so I made this one on a whim :P
I might move novels between the two lists depending on how they turn out. This list is mostly retired and I probably won't update it.... more>>

Here I am with novels that: 
- Might have romance, and are ongoing
- I haven't finished/started reading
- Have the romantic subplot tag, but there really isn't much romance going on from what I know
- Have romantic subplots that I don't think cuts into the main plot much/doesn’t alter the MC’s character much

Ah, and by romance, I mean the MC's romantic involvement. Side couples don't really count in this case.

I'm postponing adding descriptions for most, but I've written some. Some were also moved from the other list and have descriptions from that. It's also in no particular order, although the ones I haven't read (nor read adaptations of) go at the back. <<less

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

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yaoi, boys love chinese, korean and japan novels u knoww

series i plan to read

I'll get to these... at some point.

not danmei or baihe

CN novels in NU I'm either currently reading, or putting a higher priority to read. Some of them might contain my reading progress and remarks.... more>> Things will get deleted and shuffled around depending on my mood. <<less

Listing up books recommended by others or the AI that might fit my preference (sorted according to how tempted I am) ... more>>

Decision is based on:

- Rating

- Does it have both mystery/action (and thus thrilling) 

- Does MC fit my preferences (grey but not evil) 

- Does it have friendship in it? 

- Please no harem. Preferably no romance too

What should I read... <<less

alguns tem continuações e side storys, sempre conferir na página oficial.

all the decent novels i've read that don't fall (entirely) into the fluff list

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