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

A list of all the things I’ve read since I made a NU account. Most of them ended up being mid. If you want my recommendations, see my other list “The stuff you binge read all night”... more>>

What I tend to like: Strong Characterizations, Character relationships, good world building, excellent writing, great dialogue, realistic romancing (basically mature, not in hs anymore romance)

What I tend to dislike: Shounen (too formulaic and limiting on the stories they’ll tell), Harem (if not for realistic/fit into the story reasons), Romance where the reasons the characters like each other are unrealistic/wish fulfillment/s*upid (I’m looking at you, popular/hot/charismatic girl dates the wet mop of a child cause the plot needs to happen)

Current tropes I have beef with:

1. Girl was protected/saved/impressed once by wet noodle mc in early elementary school, so she’s obsessed with him in high school. Such a lazy plot device and it feels like every damn KOREAN/JP novel has some variation of this. These authors need to talk to real women instead of writing this elementary crap. <<less

A list of memorable stories I read on novelupdates that covers mostly survival stories, reincarnation in non-human beings, second chances in other worlds and novels that felt unique in some way.... more>>

More often than not, stories I included had some grim parts to them. Where I find it necessary, I'll put a warning. 

Some stories are simply positive. Not everything needs to be dark. <<less

Better than average isekai tr*sh, need a dose of this sh*t a day. No BL or yuri sh*t here. ... more>>

I'm the reason why so many isekai are being pumped out ;D

This is just based on my taste, so uhhh, sorry if I offend anyone. 

A to A+ Isekai List <<less

My favorite list ( with no dense, naive, and simp MCs)... more>>

Mostly reincarnation, transmigration,world building,Ero-Hent*i,Villain MC,Romance,Fat to fit, Fluffy story aside from ero and there was a mature content (No Netorare)  <<less

Les romans que je considère comme les meilleurs parmi tous ceux que je lis, il y en aura de tous les genres (presque) je n’ai... more>> pas mis d’ordre en particulier et j’ajouterai le reste quand j’aurai le temps <<less

In this list, there will be a variety of novels that I have read throughout my journey. There are also some novels that I'm planning to read as well. Nevertheless for the ones I have read, I will try add some descriptions. ( may not have enough time, but I'll try my best). I've read about 90% of what is included in this list, so it'll take quite long to review all of them ( I would rather spend time reading novels). ... more>>

Unfortunately, there's a limit to the number of novels I can add to this list. That's why I may trim down the list so I can add other novels.  <<less

These are the Novels that I read throughout my journey in this site. Either good or bad, I’ll rate and try to review it to help you find a decent novel. 
Will update as I find new novels... more>>

Note: these aren’t listed in order and novels are rated out of 10.
Scale:
1-2— bad, like seriously (just no)
3-4 below average or average with some bad qualities (probably don’t recommend )
5-6- average ( doesn’t mean they’re bad tho!)

7-8 above average for this site (highly recommend)

9-10 just read it (best novels that I have read on the site, (take it with a pinch of salt)) <<less

If you want good novels, then you've come to the right place.... more>>

Though if you are searching for harem novels and cliche titles, then i am afraid that you've come to the wrong place and should probably find another list. I dislike harems, repetitive novels and just bad novels in general. I made this list to invalidate the claims that NU doesn't contain any good novels anymore. I know the vast majority of translated works caters to the harem/anti-hero loving part of the community, but i quite frankly dislike the vast majority of titles in those genres due to how bad they are. As a result, i have created this list to include novels that IMO stand out due the excellent execution in story beats, excellent translations/localization (English primarily) and just have good characters. That's all. <<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

Everyone has their own preferences and picks.
These are novels that I read. Though some of them I have already dropped.... more>>

In order of how great they are in my view. 

Status: 

Read - I have read it to completion

Up to latest chapters - always up to date with the latest chapters

Waiting for chapters - update frequency is slow, tend to stack up chapters to read

Unplanned Dropped - Dropped the novel with no future plan for it. May or may not continue reading

Temporarily Dropped - Dropped due to inconveniences, fully planned on reading again

[Order is relative to this list and not the subsequent lists]

Second List: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/6452/ <<less

I'll be listing some of the novels that I've read that have the following criterion for the ranking:... more>>

A. Story Quality

B. Translation Quality

C. Entertainment Value

Note: Series on the list are from CN, JP and KR. Also, novels have Male Protagonist, which will either have a. heteros*xual romantic interest, or b. undeclared/undecided. Strictly no Yaoi pairings. <<less

The best I've seen so far.... more>>

Tierlist

S and A tier are ordered

S Tier 1-20

A Tier 21-45

B Tier The Rest <<less

Just novels I enjoy and I think these are not getting the popularity they deserve.

Recommendation for reader that looking for protagonist that devoted to one fmc . Not shoujo or jousei genre and not looking for harem ending

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Collection of well-written works which aren't generically written garbage that completely falls apart after the beginning. Too many novels on this site are simply clickbait with an interesting hook but shortly devolve into a mess of poorly developed ideas with badly planned pacing. Here is a list of works that I found to be uniquely interesting or a fresh take on parody. I'll try to keep only completed works on this list but will still include a few ongoing that are highly interesting.... more>>

Will try to sort in descending, but in case I snooze, rating with be attached in the description.   <<less

My favourite novels that I can't seem to get enough of.

list of novels that i binge read while in quarantine ... more>>

i used to read novel a lot , never made an account before though. but i usually bookmarked every novel that i read 

there are 150+ novels that i've read from this site, this gonna take a while

i made this list cuz i'm bored and i will rate every novels on this list out of 10 (the rating is subjective) <<less

Best stories about getting a second chance in life... more>>

Or going to another world <<less

A list of novels that I like. Don't worry, I have good taste, so these are guaranteed to be good.

1. the mc is an antihero 
or 
2. the mc is a side/ mob character
don't mind the rank 

I've already made 6 accounts for other people, and gone through my reading list adding each novel I find would suit them to their reading... more>> list. That's not going to happen any longer. From now on, they will be referred to this list. I've sorted the list so it at least matches my top 10, but I'm already doubting everything below the top three so it might be reformed. <<less

Some of the best novels I’ve read or heard of. Usually Korean novels but there are some good Japanese and Chinese scattered throughout. Honestly every... more>> novel here is a gem so please give them all a look. <<less

Isekai novels with male protagonists without the harem trope. Books preferably without age gaps ot in*est of any kind.