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

My favourite Chinese romance novels that has been made (or will be made) into a drama.... more>>

TBA = To be aired. The drama's have been announced but not broadcasted. They seem to change names a lot pre-airing so some of these might change. I will try to keep the list updated. <<less

Recently I have been back into my Chinese drama phase and I have noticed how many of my favorite novels have been adapted to drama so here we go listing all the source novels for these dramas. ... more>>

I will also mention some dramas that are upcoming or yet to be broadcasted those would be specified too.

Every drama mentioned here has been subbed in English.

To know the legal sites to watch these dramas I will be mentioning which all are available on YouTube(most dramas are available to watch for free only Iqiyi dramas need VIP to watch the rest of the episodes ) mostly it will be Iqiyi , Youku , Tencent (WeTv) , Mango channel , Hunan TV (all these channels are there on YouTube )otherwise some of them are available in Viki or Netflix to know alternative legal streaming sites please check My drama list .  com 

Also for Iqiyi you will have to pay memberships fees to watch dramas after the first 2 free episodes.

If you guys do like the list and want more of these in the future please do like , follow and comment below Thank you

Any other additions to this list are welcomed. <<less

Because 100 is not enough.

1. Some might be TBA dates as some dramas have not been released yet ... more>>

2. Storyline will not always be word for word, it is more prominent with xianxias 

3. released drama first, unreleased near the end.

4. Novel rating is subjective and will not be in any order.

I just thought it be nice to have a list of stories with dramas coming out :D <<less

Genre: Tragedy, Horror... more>>

Tragedy: 1 - 25

Horror: 27 - 52 <<less

Read Lord of the Mysteries and fell absolutely head over heels for it. these are some novels i think have similar elements: lovecraftian/occult horror, steampunk/victorian vibes, themes of humanity fighting against fate, etc.  A mix of read and TBR, as well as BL/GL/gen.... more>>

Recs from outside of Novelupdates:

- Mother of Learning on RoyalRoad, TBR. time loop f*ckery babeyyy. apparently there’s a good magic system and some character development. I’ve heard nothing of good things about this one!

- The Forsaken Sovereign on Webnovel, TBR. LOVECRAFTIAN THEMES AND ELDRITCH GODS I AM SO EXCITED. 

(feel free to forum message me to gush about any of these novels!) <<less

Either it makes you cry a river or choke you to death with dog food. There's no in between.

Ancient and modern Chinese novels that have been adapted into drama. 

this is my list of lists

mostly powerful fmc and/or near death experiences with intrigue 

Second Part - mostly ones I recently watched in Viki or YouTube… also including upcoming series 

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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

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Just a pile of novels that I read instead of doing my homework :P... more>>

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Just a pile of novels I read on work hours (I’ve graduated hehe) <<less

Romances P/ Ler

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Novels where the protagonist is trapped in a time loop and tries to escape it by any means necessary.
Also novels where the protagonist have... more>> power related to time loop where they use that power for their own benefit.  <<less

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either I have read these, started to, or watched/read an adaptation

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