Chinese Cultivation novels, from Coiling Dragon to Against the Gods, were some of the absolute earliest novels listed on Novel Updates. Japanese isekai novels have... more>> been around the block for quite awhile, too, with middling popularity before Novel Updates even existed. ... And we <<less

All stuff I've read till the end and ranked by personal preference. The ones at the front are more accurate, the ones at the end are unsorted. ... more>>

My preference: Meandering slow-burn novels like Mao Ni's stuff get extra points. Harem/romance/face-slapping power fantasies get minus points. Completed novels get bonus points, and terrible endings get points knocked off. Also plus points for character building friends/family/enemies and down points for solo yolo.

English ones not included in rankings: Worm, Pact, Mother of Learning, The Perfect Run, Twig, Lightning is the Only Way, Master this Poor Disciple Died Again Today, Unable to Cultivate I can only Raise Soul Pets

MTL-only: Rebirth of the Noble Mage Behind the Scenes <<less

I don't know what to say...

Some novels for those new readers to tried out... more>>

Some novels are now licensed and are thus unavailable, therefore my recommendation would be either to buy from the source or read from another source, Aka google it. <<less

Binge worthy novels that just suck you in. Try at your own risks.... more>>

Random order, don't pay attention to that. <<less

A collection of interesting and/or entertaining stories both original and from various fandoms. WARNING: Some stories contain adult themes.

Regularly translated or completed novels that I followed and found to be the better ones.

 Chinese novels I've read so far that I find interesting and to recommend to others if interested. 

All this novels are ongoing novels that are special to me. Even if they are suddenly dropped i won't regret having read these novels.

Sturgeon's law: 99% of everything is terrible.... more>>

I know many people say that there are no good novels on this site, and it oftens feels like the top lists are filled with overpowered MC's, undeveloped harems, 2D characters, and lacking plots.

There are some novels that stand out, however, whether that be for their plots, characters, or translations.

This is a list for my personal 1%. It is ranked in order. <<less

What I think are pretty good novels to read.

This is a list of fun romps and good stories to sink your teeth into. As I read many types of stories there are many different types on here. Ignore the ranking check my descriptiors. I hope this list can help you find a story to satisfy your current reading needs.... more>>

Edit: I will add to or remove from this list as I see fit. <<less

Just the stuff I've enjoyed most. Not everything will be the same genre, but if you have enjoyed something on this list you will probably enjoy others as well.... more>>

The last 5 will be my favourite romances <<less

I feel many of these novels came in to my life at the right time for how hard they affected me. However, these are the... more>> small amount of novels that I would truly recommend for others. All of this are in my opinion the best of their genre or very all rounded and wholesome to read. P.s. I do know Chinese so the Chinese novels recommended are still going strong plotwise and character wise. <<less

This a list of my all-time favourite stories. Adding reviews in-progress. (May take over a long span of time.) Novels are sorted in descending worthwhileness.... more>> (Again from perspective.) <<less

Disclaimer: Some of these novels are extremely cliche, loved, and hated on. Aka, you DON'T have to like all of them, or even any of them really. These are just some of the more well-know novels that, I believe, are all worth checking out (lol mainly because of the amount of reads and reviews they have ;P). And walp, that's kinda the whole point of this list >.>... more>>

This list introduces the various popular/common/cliche tropes and genres of the translated novels community. I just want to point out the fact that this list is supposed to cover a wide range of genres and audiences. It doesn't cover everything, but I think most of them are here. I enjoyed these, and I think it's a good place to start reading from. (I tried to have novels for both male/female preferences). While some of these novels may be long, that does not mean you have to finish the entire thing -_- , if you enjoy it, good, keep on reading! If you don't enjoy it, then stop, no one's forcing you to continue.

The list is in no particular order, although I did try to put them into categories ... that kinda worked, ish. Some of these novels are officially licensed, so you may have to get the rest of the chapters from other sources (Google and *cough* aggregate websites *cough*).

Pls don't hate Orz. When I was first introduced to translated novels, everything seemed pretty good to me T^T.  <<less

List of favourites based mainly on:... more>>

isekai in any form (reincarnation etc.),  game elements, overpowered protagonist, country building and management, army building, modern knowledge in fantasy world and technological gap, crafting .

MC is pretty much always in control, always has a plan and always ends up on top. Or just has plot armor.

I don't exclude harems (even bad ones), if novel is good by itself. 

No yaoi. No pure wuxia or xianxia.

I don't include novels that are too short (less than 20-100 chapters depending on chapter length).

Some of novels may not be available on NU or be incomplete, but they are somewhere in web.

Novels are mainly Korean or Japanese. There are some Chinese novels included but they are either heavily west-influenced or not cultivation oriented. Basically, they are not Chinese-heavy if You know what I mean. The World Online is the only exception, as I simply skipped most of boring chapters.

Novels are kind of sorted best to "worst", though last novels on list my be unsorted at all. <<less

Over the years of reading I've developed a lot of pet peeves in regards to Chinese, Korean, and Japanese novels. From Japanese comedy, Japanese character archetypes, never-ending arrogant young masters, to harems in general; I've grown completely sick of many things. These are the ones that have managed to avoid (or managed to use well) the large amount of things I've grown to despise and are what I believe are among the best. They may not remain good for the whole novel but what matters is that I enjoyed them immensely for any portion of the story. They are in no particular order.... more>>

If you want to check out novels that I don't consider the best but were still decent reads then click my username. <<less

You will laugh really hard with those novels 

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As far as I'm concerned, you can't trust in the overall novel ranking. ... more>>

I am sure there are different reasons for this development. And without a doubt one of them is a female readers' activity. What I mean is that they are much more active and generous in rating, comment section, lists. etc. If you are looking for proof you can try sorting all the novels by rating and here you will mostly see yaoi, shounen-ai, josei, shoujo, romance. Also, many other novels can't escape their influence. I mean, nobody said that they can't enjoy popular seinen novels, right? I am not saying that it's something bad or trying to stop them, but as a normal, straight guy, I can't enjoy the situation either.

So here comes my personal, manlier than even me, top of the novels I've enjoyed reading!

I can't really describe myself as a picky reader, but I have to spend quite a lot of time looking for something that satisfy my preferences. Which are mainly: 

1. No wimp/beta protagonist. (Life is hard as it is. I see no reason to read about someone's indecisiveness and useless tears.)

2. Protagonist with at least average level of intellegence. Otherwise it's too annoying to read.

3. As a litrpg genre fan i've got a soft spot for stories with different kinds of systems.

I guess that's it. <<less

Basically what the title says. I absolutely detest Harems but I'll still keep Pseudo Harems here (MC isn't married to a lot of chicks but there's plenty who like and spend time around him anyway). I feel having Harems decreases the overall quality and its hard to talk about true love while the MCs banging 100+ women on the regular (which Chinese authors like to write about for some reason). I have no problem with Romance, although I do feel Webnovel authors aren't really cut out to write about it.... more>>

Some other things I'll exclude are ultra-nationalism (china numba 1!), Novels without Harems but the MC still plays around with/f*cks a lot of women

There's no real restrictions on whether it's serious or comedy, although comedy generally has more permavirg*n!MCs  <<less

The best novels <personal preference> available at novelupdates.

A diverse list that isn't organized by genre, in fact I'll try to include as many different types of novels as I can, but they... more>> are all ones I highly recommend <<less

Tired on going against the heaven?... more>>

Tired offending people and be chased around like dogs till you have to jump into a cliff?

Tired of 50+ training chapter and another 100+ chapter of training sessions?

Go read the novel below!

Adventure Comedy, the MC may not be necessarily OP but there are no part of the story that MC felt powerless or struggle in despair. No repetitive xianxia trope (at least not that much) <<less