Need that starting from humble beginnings progressing to vast empires and kingdoms fix? Or a weak MC that grows with a small territory into becoming... more>> a broken MC with a large kingdom. Novels suggested are based around territory-building and character-growth.  (Some may contain romance/harem tags) <<less

Mostly cold and ruthless protagonists 

Primarily Career/Shop/Kingdom Development, but there also could be some novels that I like. Most of these novels do not have romance or harem tag as I am not a big fan of these in novels that aren't primarily written as romance.... more>>

I now have a part 2! <<less

Ongoing novels, most of them are updated regularly, though it may not reflect on novelupdates status. You can find them on other sites (eg.webnovel). Please... more>> read on the translators' site to support them. <<less

Essentially, either a weak or strong protagonist has subordinates or people who are all very loyal and protective/possessive of him. Most of them are stronger than the MC. There are mainly male protagonists, but female protagonists are included.... more>>

NO HAREM OR ROMANCE-FOCUSED NOVELS! Contains mainly friendship or comradeship-focused Novels.

Other Novels/Mangas that can't be found on novelupdates: Eleceed (Manhwa), How to Survive as a Terminally-Ill Dragon (Manhwa) <<less

i.e., male protagonists transmigrates into the villain, shows kindness and ultimately changes the characters’ lives around them for the better while also endearing themselves to them but is either oblivious about it or misunderstands the intent... more>>

mostly BL but some non-BL there too. no harem. no revenge plot. please feel free to recommend more! <<less

This is all shounen novels, whether middle-aged or modern time! \(･◡･)/ Also a lot of transmigration, rebirth, or maybe the mc is just a real resident of that world. There is some of harem or bl, but mostly the mc have no love interest so rest assured! Well, sometimes I tolerate some novel with harem because it's too good even though I don't like the genre very much~... more>>

Ps. On the front is my own personal rating, not the general rating of the book. <<less

MC transmigrates to another world / era with modern knowledge or with the help of a city or clan building system

a list of (mostly) ongoing-translation novels with really promising plotlines/world-building/characters.... more>>

these are all novels that i personally really enjoyed and i hope you do too ⸜ ( ˃ ᵕ ˂)⸝♡ <<less

Novels where the MC is reincarnated/ transmigrated/possessed/transported into a Dating Sim/Novel/Game world as a character or something similar to that.... more>>

I said that, but some of the MCs can actually be the original inhabitant of that world (not reincarnated/transmigrated/possessed).

Tell me if i put the wrong novels in this list, since i don't remember all of the details of these novels/ i haven't read some of them. You can also suggest other novels that might fit this list too.

Sorry for the bad English.
This is a non-harem and non-BL list, since i'm not really interested in those genres. <<less

Novels that I particularly like! Most of them are male mc.

I ain't reading half of this list yet, just want to clear my tabs.... more>>

Male MC. fantasy/adventure/action/isekai/game/novel elements, can be reincarnation/transmigration/2nd chance/dystopian,  some modern setting and less/no action, some might originally from that world, some might be more psychological, some might be harem as well. 

in no particular order

Part 2: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/57754/?ft=yes <<less

novels that caught my eyes but aren't complete yet, been binge reading, or novels I've stockpiled to binge 

These are the stories that I actually love.... more>>

The criteria are as follows: Good translation | Not dropped (yet) | One chapter is not too short (at least 1000 words or above) | A good plot that follows what I expect and want <<less

These are the novels I like with male protagonists. ... more>>

No romance so far. Once it has, I'll remove it from the list.

Feel free to recommend one.

PS. Not ranked. <<less

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no i didnt read any of these but i plan to... more>>

part 1: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/51815/ <<less

NO BL. NO NTR.... more>>

As always, this list is my opinion on what novels readers should take note of. <<less

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No harem

Feel free to tell me what other novel I might miss

This list made for korean novel with only few chapter that have been translated but look interesting... more>>

- Male Protagonist

- No romance/harem (i hate this genre esp in action/fantasy, please recommend me novel that not contain this) <<less

اینارو هنوز نخوندم

1st List -
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/44031/... more>>

2nd List -
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/50277/

I am doing this list for people like me who enjoy family and friendships or gets entrained by MC building there organisations directly or indirectly—

(Unedited) They are all in alphabetic orders, # or A-Z

There will also master-follower relationship or master-disciple relationship being recovered or building up between them…

And some overstate themselves even though they are OP or haven’t released their power-There are no romance nor harem but there might be people around them having favorable impressions on them or bad reputation trying to be fixed or just leaving it…

I will try to put on novels that I’m sure there isn’t any romance nor harem and have already read them so to be double sure and some are recommended to me and had told me there isn’t :>

Any that are involve with the tag romance is explained in the bottom ^^*

Loving family for the beginning, knowing, and get transmigrated in a novel or another world ✌️

MC - Main Character
OP - Over Powered
OG FL - Original Female Lead
FL - Female Lead
OG ML - Original Male Lead
ML - Male Lead
BL - Boy’s Love
GL - Girl’s Love
GB - Genderbend <<less