When the protagonist is an unfaithful loser, do you have the urge to transmigrate into the novel to give him a good beating? If so, I present to you a list of novels I enjoyed with an overpowered male protagonist and no harem. Featuring:... more>>

- overpowered protagonist
- no harem, preferably no romance
- loner, antihero, or evil protagonist (not a guarantee) <<less

My favorite ML/MC <3

S tier - absolute masterpiece ... more>>

A tier - excellent

B tier - really good

All of the novels have enough chapters, have something special and are my favourites, therefore there are no bad novels here.

Of course this is purely my opinion. <<less

There are so many amazing works that feature regressed MCs that are going through a second chance in management, corporate ladders, sports, cooking, etc. Definitely stronger list than the second chance in fantasy. Wanted to make a list that specifically targets this genre.... more>>

First, some of the best that aren't on NU:
1. Trailer tr*sh - wonderful depiction of a second chance high school life with strongly developed characters
2. Metaworld chronicles - only barely qualifies because it's really a fantasy world, but it's an alternate modern day Earth, with great detail and development of cultures and places and set in a modern society, if magic based
3. Let me make you a star - [have not yet read] but has good ratings, comment if you've had a chance to read it!

In addition, there are a number of great drama/TV shows (JP, CN and KR) of second chances that I highly recommend if you like this genre. I've added them in a comment below the list.

If you enjoy second chances, you can also try my other lists on:
- Second chances in fantasy (https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10749/)
- Time loops (includes movies and webnovels not on NU - https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10681/) <<less

I feel really bad when I start reading a good novel thinking that it's quite good and doesn't have useless & annoying harem  it turns... more>> out to be one. It's seriously annoying. This list contains novels which aren't harem . Mc have only one wife/gf or none at all. Let's start( uh..... I'm quite new to nu so don't mind my listing style & they aren't in order) <<less

I hate harem. Why? Because most of the time it leads the story to a direction that's not pleasing. And most of all I don't... more>> fantasize about having thousands of girl on my lap.  Hell I'm not even interested in romance . Anyway this list contains novels that have zero harem and maybe it will have novels that have romance, but almost all of them are not focused on romance
So enjoy (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧ <<less

Can't think of a name

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

You will find quite a diverse list of suggestions here. ... more>>

Recommendations are welcome

List is not in any particular order mainly because it is a bit hard to rank my favourites <<less

Novels with lovely and cute children, adoption, childhood, pregnancy, daily life, family relationships, growth, mother/father/child relationship etc... more>>

In alphabetic order

[PT/BR] Novels com crianças adoráveis ​​e fofas, adoção, infância, gravidez, vida cotidiana, relações familiares, crescimento, relação de mãe/pai/filho etc

Em ordem alfabética

Part/Parte 1: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/18713/

Part/Parte 3: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/27643/

Part/Parte 4: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/51215/

Part/Parte 5: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/82425/ <<less

These are STRAIGHT CHINESE & KOREAN NOVELS in which the transmigrated/reborn/reincarnated MC gain popularity by presenting other people's ideas or works from different world/era as theirs. Please advise if there are any misses.... more>>

Additional titles:

Hollywood Ace (?) -4☆- https://www.uukanshu.com/b/29810/ - Reborn as orphaned fast food worker, the overly handsome MC with prescient advantages soon make it big in Hollywood & Silicon Valley. Light read with gary stu MC. Quite realistic romance & no heroine.

Long Live Director (?) -3☆- https://www.uukanshu.com/b/20074/ - A modern-day Chinese director got transmigrated to US in 1925s. He used modern shooting method & adapted scenarios to build Hollywood. There's gang fights, chaotic consortiums, politics, polygamy & sketchy depiction of US. <<less

Rankings are totally random. It's gonna be updated. It's still a new list so bear with me. Min +500 chapters translated (although there will be... more>> rare cases of some novels having a little bit less chapters). I've been reading Chinese/Korean novels for 7+ years. If you don't see the chapters don't worry, novelupdates... they don't upload unofficial translations. Use novelfull or noveltop for reading, they're anti "webnovel" web sites, or other similar websites.
"Preferably" Chaotic Neutral and Lawful Evil MCs. Male MC only. Hate IET novels except for the Stellar Transformations as it was my first novel. Hate cheap faceslapping and arrogant youngmasters. This is a forbidden territory for The Desolate Era lovers.. go away. Chinese & Korean novels only. As everyone knows, there are two different perspectives for a novel review. The true, detailed analysis and the one that is based on personal opinion. The novels on this list, are all selected after detailed analyses, not personal opinion. They all (seriously) are quality works but you might not like them. It depends on your taste. Nothing is perfect. <<less

Great Books, various tags/genres... more>>

Refer to list 5/5 rating for my first choice of novel <<less

- Not romance centred, can't wait to read, mostly cultivation based, apocalyptic or fantasy, involves time travel.

very wide variety, from actually good to sh*t but enjoyable (ranking not in order)

These novels don't have too much excitement, but they are fun in their own ways. ... more>>

Note: a lot will have some fantasy elements (being reborn, getting second chances or having systems). 

Note 2: the list is in no particular order.

Note 3: I only add novels that I personally read and enjoyed. If there are sugestions for more novels, do remind me in the comment section. Each novel has to have at least enough chapters to be able to enjoy reading it for one evening. <<less

ONLY TOP 25 IN SEQUENCE. - WORK IN PROGRESS... more>>

Personal reads i have found worth investing your time in. I have listed these novels based on following parameters:

1) Should have hope of being completed in this lifetime (i hate leaving a novel midway)

2) Should have overarching story and ability to incite suspense or curiosity in reader

3) Good Progression and decent paced cultivation  <<less

Chinese novels with the oh powerful system as a sidekick! May be cultivation, modern and game setting. Includes reincarnation/transmigration novels.

ALL THE BOOKS IVE EVER READ and remembered to add to this list will be here... more>>

 [provided my inner grammar nazi approves, I hate translations with sh*t english]

Plot line quality will at least be a 3.5 ⭐️ imo <<less

No BL, No Female MC... more>>

Mostly Korean with some Chinese as well.

Novel I love to read sometimes. <<less

In this list I will show you my favorite novels that have acting, celebrities and entertainment industry in general as an important part of the... more>> story. <<less

ATTENTION!! This list only consist of chinese novels with Male Protagonist, and its sorted by rank, rating, readers, excellent reviews and a little bit of personal opinion! I can assure you that everything listed here are worth trying! ... more>>

*pay attention to the genres! don't blame me later :3

Last but not least, i would recommend you to read it on wuxiaworld / readlightnovels / webnovels due to its high-quality translation, quick updates & they have more chapters! Well then, enjoy! <3

PS. Chinese novels with Female Protagonist are listed in my recommendation list; "Best Chinese Webnovels FL" <<less

Well~ this my list of novel that i already read.....some good, some bad, some become good another become bad.  ... more>>

Note#: the rank in my list not according best to crappy or crappy to best... <<less

Great novels that I've read, the top three are all must reads. The rest are in no particular order. If you were wondering why a veteran like me places LMS in top 3 its because that was my gateway to fantasy. Lord of the Mysteries is good to the level that it could be worshipped. The rest are just different genres that I checked out at different points in time. ... more>>

You might hate some novels but people have varied tastes so that's that. Check the whole thing out!

P.S. I read way more but ig 100s the limit so I'll stop here. Fellow daoists- NO JUDGEMENT   ;-) <<less

WARNING!!! I reAlly bad in english... Please ignore my bad english..This list is the list of CN and KN novel that i really enjoy in tag of weak to strong... there are some of the novel i'm still reading.... more>>

NOTE: Some of novel in the list below has bad review. But to me those novel not really that bad just like the review stated. My advice to u, dont read the review but judge the novel itself after reading either the novel good or bad. But if u want to read the review just go on, it ur right. No forcement here, just suggestion.

BTW happy reading. <<less