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

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

i don't believe in the glorification of mu*der but i do believe in the empowerment of women

(just for organization)... more>>

stories that mainly follow an MC who's 'too busy for romance'- zero romance plot (almost)- majority of them are reincarnation stories, and I found more male-leading stories that fit the requirements. <<less

Exactly as the name says; this is a collection of shamelessly terrible main cast characters. Mentions of what tr*sh can be found within in the descriptions.... more>>

(Please note that the use of language such as “tr*sh”, “scum” and “slag” are meant in a positive way, unless otherwise stated.) <<less

Novels with an actually strong female lead that gets the job done and doesn't really rely on anyone else.

Lady leads who don't take sh*t from no one. They qualify for this list if they are independent, practical, no-nonsense, and preferably if they enjoy pushing down shy boys. My waist hurts just reading about simpering weak FLs.... more>>

List is roughly sorted according to badassery. <<less

List of novels where the heroine doesn't turn into a blushing mess and solves her own problems. ... more>>

I like independent MC who are smart or strong.

Popcorn read: A novel with little substance yet so easy to read that you have finished it before you know it. 

Not yet translated: 

第九农学基地/Ninth Agricultural Base: Horror; Post-Apocalypses; Mutated Plants; School life; 

我在废土世界扫垃圾/I'm sweeping up tr*sh in the wasteland: Horror; Post-Apocalypses Nightmares

噩梦入侵 / Nightmare Plague: Horror; Nightmares; 

支付宝到账888万元/ Four College Students' Apocalyptic Quest for 8.88 Million Yuan: Horror; Zombie Apocalypses; Group of Girls; 

这个梦我喜欢！/ I love this dream!: Fantasy world; ABO; Superpowers; Monsters; 

 都市怪谈拆迁办 / Strange Tales Demolition Office: Horror; Strange Rules Ghost Stories; 

她作死向来很可以的 / She's Always Been Good At Courting Death: Horror; Secret World; Instances; Superpowers; 

赛博神明降临无限世界/ Cyber ​​gods descend into the infinite world <<less

Stories in which female protagonists and others are hopefully not one-dimensional i.e. just ruthless, just silly, high-IQ/low-EQ. Side characters (mostly) have lives outside of the protagonist and/or male lead. Villains aren’t downright TSTL. ... more>>

Last three newly added: #9 | Don’t Touch Porcelain, #22 | Unconscious, #14 | I Am Average and Unremarkable

No. 1 - No. 32 | Incomplete Translations

No. 33+ | Complete Translations

Not in any particular order except for whether they’re complete or not. 

A huge thank you to all the translators who translated these gems and gave me the opportunity to enjoy them <<less

Isekai and transmigration with good plots. A lot of them focused on world building and the occasional kingdom building
Also has unique reincarnation and time traveling stories. ... more>>

Mind the tags as the list contain yuri and yaoi <<less

Female protagonist who I think are cool and are generally more dominant in the relationship.

Well-written, quality stories with strong FLs and likeable MLs. Each story has an unique plot & are gems of the genre.

Bunch of random Survival games

Another year, another list!

I haven't read them all yet but I've picked the unlimited flow BGs novels I know and put them here because it's really hard to... more>> find unlimited flow/Straight Couple Survival Game.  So hard !  This genre here at novelupdates is saturated and almost dominated by Bl.  I only find more BGs of this genre in the original language, which are really good and should be translated more. <<less

i like them for very specific reasons. (i often edit my reviews/switch orders, as a heads up)

No harem... more>>

- First 18 novels have male protagonists 

Other novel recommendations:

- "starting from fooling the elderly into registering for a cultivation training class" (MC, modern day, introducing cultivation to the world)
- "Immortal's wine store" (Heavenly God MC transmigrates to new world, w system providing missions to brew wine)

 - "watch out! danger ahead" (FMC, horror, survival game to be God, from weak to OP, start was quite interesting)

- "shocking the whole internet! He's not a psychologist at all!" (MC, lifestreams to help change others' fate and cultivate to be immortal)

- "the rich young lady destroyed her dream girl script" (FMC, OP main characters, not your usual dreaming of being in a novel/character w system story -- in fact kinda like downfall)

- "among cultivators, I stand above all" (FMC, aware she'll be killed by novel MC in future, tries to make use of her time to learn as many skills, one of the most hardworking cultivator MC I know)

- "transmigrating as a delicate bundle of luck for a farming family" (FMC, one of the sweetest loving family/friend relationships, with MC being a divine doctor, though ended up going an unexpected plot line, made me tear up many times early in novel, with interesting mix of cultivation/superpowers introduced in later stages, stopped around 800+chapters) <<less

For recommending female protagonists that don't immediately lower their IQ and EQ when a (ML) man enters the picture. Strong is also used somewhat lightly. This recommendation list will be more geared towards female leads who's actions/words are pivotal in the story. Due to the landscape of light novels with female protagonists, this list will not be completely romance free, but stories recommended will either be slow romance or the story itself will not pivot around the male lead's actions/story.... more>>

Order added as I recall them. Some I haven't read in a while so my thoughts aren't necessarily accurate. If you have a recommendation, please leave a comment of what I should try out! <<less

Consists outstanding light novels, that well-to-underappreciated, and left deep impression on me

my favorite novels... more>>

This list is mostly comprised of BxG modern romance and a lot of fluff (some strong FLs and yandere and weak MLs too mwehehehe). <<less

Random selection of novels with pretty covers, and pretty covers ONLY! (Or atleast, pretty to me lol-)... more>>

Quality is not considered, just the pure aesthetics as is our ever present pretty privilege world! I think I'll colourcode it once I reach the maximum amount of novels!

Mostly otome-ish style covers.
May or may not include 18+ novels, I'm thinking about it. Also thinking of expanding into specifics when this list is full! <<less

Genre: Tragedy, Horror... more>>

Tragedy: 1 - 25

Horror: 27 - 52 <<less

I don't read much harem though I will insert some of it in here. I will only add novels that I truly truly like and... more>> the ones that makes me insomniac because I keep thinking about them. You know, novels that always lingers in your head and makes you laugh creepily all by yourself. Please note that this is just a list based on my preferences. And don't evaluate them by their numbers.  <<less

mostly powerful fmc and/or near death experiences with intrigue 

This list focuses on romance stories where we have a female protagonist. Majority is transmigration, reincarnation, second chance stuff. No specific ranking cuz this is my personal favorites (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡... more>>

Hope you enjoy reading! (つ≧▽≦)つ <<less