these are certified crouton_net classics.

Female or Male MCs who are truly villains at heart

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I love a good selfish female lead. Not a mean one but someone who would never let others mistreat or overuse them.... more>>

Those are the ones I found so far. <<less

Where the female lead is a villain

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Different genre of jnovels

Another VERY subjective list! In case it's not obvious, I've been reading A LOT of CN Romance lately! Recommendations are always welcome! The rating is based on Story > Characters. Check out my others lists here:... more>>

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62483/

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62346/

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 2 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/63149/

Girl Crush FL (CN Only) - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/89513/

Slow Burn Goodness - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/64099/

Overpowered KR MCs Give Me Life - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/71430/

The Blissful World Of VRMMORPGs - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/73205/ <<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

novels i've read that i think are worthy of love and appreciation <3 

Recs from a burnt-out Ph.D. student to a burnt out MD/Ph.D. student. Themed around revenge stories, romances, villainess isekai, etc.

Just added the ones that had a pretty cover and interesting synopsis hshshhs

Clever, badass or OP FLs in Isekai or Isekai-adjacent novels... more>>

(mainly Korean) <<less

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I love her and everything she does, and I stand by all her decisions... more>>

The ML is great too  <<less

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It's just as the name says. Always open for recommendations! The Rating is based on the Female Lead. Check out my other lists here!... more>>

Badass Heroines who aren't damsels in distress 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62346/

Girl Crush FL (CN Only) - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/89513/

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 1 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62483/

Top Tier Novels (Personal Opinion) 2 - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/74300/

Slow Burn Goodness - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/64099/

Overpowered KR MCs Give Me Life - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/71430/

The Blissful World Of VRMMORPGs - 
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/73205/ <<less

bxg or bxb, no harems, 18+
mostly fantasy isekai or xianxia yaoi featuring yandere lead(s)... honestly this whole list reads like the male yandere tag section LMFAO BYE... more>>

this is a list of books I HAVENT yet read/completed either because i haven't started them or because they're incomplete in translations, and actually a surprising amount of these books have a manhwa adaption if you read those (that's actually where I found most of these titles from). some of these are straight up tr*shy (but u didn't hear that from me)

on the other hand, here's a list of titles i've finished and enjoyed (I RECOMMEND THESE):
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/60105/

This is part 1, since I capped the novel limit of 100 per list, lol.
Part 2: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/61425/ <<less

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As you may have observed, I definitely am a sucker for 'reincarnation & transmigration tropes', some yandere in the happening, with a dash of romance in... more>> medieval setting; and with a pinch of smut & fluff.  <<less

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After the first list exeeded  100 Novels I created a second list with Female MCs (japanese).

CN version: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/71435/... more>>

Not listed in NU
- Fates Parallel
- Otherside Picnic
- Nanomancer Reborn I've Become a Snow Girl
- Demon Princess Magical Chaos
- Living as I please, As a loli Demon King
- Amelia: The Level Zero [Hero]
- Salvos
- Bloom Into You (Regarding Saeki Sayaka)
- The Reincarnation of Alysara
- Magical Girls are the Best Toys <<less