[For untranslated CN novel suggestions, please refer to the Comment Section of this list]... more>>

Romance novels that will make you reconsider the pre-established order of things, that shine by their realism, that demand that you acknowledge cannon fodders, that hinder you in condemning villains. <<less

Novels where MC hurt his/her loved ones in the past... realize their foolishness.. and do their best in seeking redemption / forgiveness.  (Note: Additional recommendations... more>> on comments section below. Most are raw chinese novels, i've completed. Feel free to reply if it already got an English translation.)  <<less

✨Only the cream of the crop ✨ All the (mostly) historical novels which have proven to stand the test of time a.k.a survived  my endless nitpicking, fluctuating moods and multiple re-read. So yeah, pretty strong novels.... more>>

PS: The others novels I liked, but not enough to be featured here, are in my yearly "New Favorite Historical Romances" lists. <<less

Bl, bg, and no romance.  Genre’s pretty diverse.  I consider all of these top tier yummy food with good plot and fleshed out characters.  Not... more>> all of these are complete but some are good enough for me erode my brain and mlt.  Hope u all find smth u like.  (List incomplete) <<less

A few ancient Chinese novels whose heroines I am quite fond of. Mostly calm, smart, and reasonable women who are not overpowered. Most of these webnovels... more>> also have minimal angst. I also have untranslated suggestions in the comments. <<less

Stories that are really WORTH your time, coming from a long time novel reader and a picky one too ;) ... more>>

Different genres; from Adventure Comedy Fantasy Josei Romance Slice of Life XianxiaCompleted Historical Martial Arts Mature Drama School LifeMystery PsychologicalAction HorrorSmut Mystery Psychological Supernatural XuanhuanAdult ShoujoTragedySeinen Martial ArtsShounen <<less

Stories that I genuinely liked with interesting characters. These characters have ambition, smarts, or interesting perspectives. I think that every good story must have a good main character, or everything will collapse, so I've only added my absolute favorites.... more>>

The stories are in order, but they are all enjoyable. Some have romance (BL or GB) and others don't.  Some have period typical attitudes (ie, the value of women in a harem setting is not...spectacular). The majority are CN, but a few are also KN. There's...there's a lot of transmigration, admittedly. I have no defence there.

Please enjoy and let me know if my opinions are accurate! <<less

This is a list of all the novels that I have read with a female protagonist. Most of them have romance. Everything on this list has a happy ending of course. Some are more slice of life and some are very dramatic, but in the end these novels all left a good impression on me.... more>>

Not all the novels on this list are equally good. Some are okay, some are good, some are loved a lot. Nevertheless, I managed to complete them, so that means they're all readable.

For novels that are my absolute favourites which are those that I will reread many times, I will mark them with a "Best-Loved" award.

Some may get a "Honorable Mention" if they don't quite make it to Best-Loved, but they do stand out from the rest.

I will try my best to leave my impression of the novel in the comments. For some novels I will only say it's an enjoyable read which means for some reason or another they don't make the Best-Loved or Honorable Mentions list.

Acronyms I use often include FL aka female lead (also MC aka main character) and ML aka male lead. <<less

Mixed bag. Basically transmigration and rebirth novels who have a better life (somewhat) for the second time, whether through revenge or just living a peaceful life while falling in love. ... more>>

Not only “Transmigrated into novels” type of story , but also stories who in their past life seems like they were a villain or cannon fodder who died unjustly. <<less

Friends/lovers/relatives transmigrated or reincarnate in the same story. Doesn't include enemies or people hostile to each other. Characters may or may not know the other person also transmigrated/reincarnated. I don't reveal who reincarnated/transmigrated unless it's stated in the blurb. BG and BL.... more>>

I include books I haven't read. Books are listed in no particular order.

If you know of books I haven't mentioned, please please let me know. <<less

We all know that some novels when MTL'ed can kill a few of your brain cells,  but here are some that I'll willingly sacrifice them... more>> for.   <<less

Created this list to keep track of my favorite completed novels that I've read.  Some of these I like a lot more than others, but I'm too lazy to split them into multiple lists.  If anyone else finds it useful, then that's an added bonus :) - fair warning, a lot of these novels follow similar, if not the same, cliches and tropes, but that's what I like to read. *shrug*... more>>

Also, all have happy endings.  I hate reading a really good novel only to have it ruined with a depressing ending.

Some of these novels are not showing as complete on NU, but are completed elsewhere, so I'm including them.

I'll add notes/comments as I feel like it - some notes are just key points/words to remind me which novel it is.

I'm going to add any other novels I really love, but aren't on NU in the comments for tracking purposes.

BL novels listed separately.

Smut with plot also listed separately now - this is not saying that there is no smut/NSFW in the novels on this list, just moved any novels where smut seemed to be the main focus.

Also moved some to a new list for novels that I did enjoy reading, but probably won't read again (just to keep track of what I've read without adding to this list).  So I guess "favorite" = "worth rereading"

Just started Part 2 of this list - may sort them by genre or something later: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/87122/?ft=yes <<less

All of the novels in this list are good in their own ways and random.... more>>

I will not rate, I read novel randomly. I’ll just put how far the chapter I read.  <<less

These few r not very popular but definitely very very good...the kind which we usually skip or don't expect anything good from... but let me... more>> tell u the novels in this list r worth every single second of ur time... don't skip out on these ones...there r some very good short stories included in the list too..do give these all a read...hope u get to discover some good novels here... <<less

Novels I finished either on nu, another site, or mtl.  Most of these are absolute gems that I would reread 100x over ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

Novels with a historical setting that kept me intrigued till the very end. Romance, Political intrigue, mu*der mysteries, harem fights and revenge galore.... more>>

( please note : you must dumb down a lot of your morals for these. Even though none of these will be too disturbing, each one them definitely does touch the morally grey area few times.

includes BL and BG ( and one GL)

( will be BG unless stated otherwise !

Most of them are complete , others are relatively easy to MTL. 

Arranged in no particular order ! <<less

Historical Novel I have read

What I love to read. ... more>>

PS: No particular order <<less

novels that were good enough that i mtl'ed them :')ranked according to my favoritism (mostly the ones i add a caption for)i have a soft... more>> spot for josei and character growth :-) <<less

 best ones here on novelupdates that i have read so far......P.S. i have been reading stories here since forever.....P.S.S. they are not in any particular... more>> order...... <<less

Novels where the "pregnancy"-part is actually important for the story and doesn't just happen in the last few chapters/epiloge after the main plot is already over.... more>>

No particular order

no BL/mpreg

feel free to recommend novels to the list as long as the pregnancy happens when there is at least like 20% of the novel left or something. <<less

The stories that I had to drop because I was sure to die from anger and frustration

Books I've read over and over again. Palace intrigue, scheming, romance. Mostly completed novels. 

Try some of the stories i've read so far..some novels were not that popular, give it a try.i will  add more novels and keep it... more>> updated. Follow and check out my other list of (Popular Novels for Newbies) & (Desires of the Heart part 2 & 3 ) as well in my profile,thanks. <<less

Gradual development of chemistry between MC and ML. Not rushed, no bland characters. Sweet, fluff and interesting. NO LOVE TRIANGLES. Like really fed up of plots were FL catches attention of ML and without rhyme or reason he is attracted to FL INSTANTLY.... more>>

 Basically typical rebirth/transmigrated  type of protagonist betrayed by her lover and stepped upon by her half sisters seeking out for revenge and catching the attention of 7th or 9th cold aloof general like prince are filtered out from this list. Like the thing is 'revenge' is more in light than romance part which is rather bland. <<less