Reject love, embrace freedom.... more>>

No romance / harem / smut / shoujo / josei etc.

Tags like "Slow Romance", "Late Romance", "Romantic Subplot" are also excluded. <<less

MC has various personas.... more>>

Order doens't matter

If you have similar novels please recommend me <<less

List of novels that i found with no romance and has a female as the main character.... more>>

Anything that has the tag where a romance can happen is not included in list despite not having the romance genre in the genre list, e.g: josei, handsome male lead, late romance, slow romance, anything with love interest, engagement, marriage, r-18, s*xual relationship, romance sub-plot, yaoi/yuri sub-lot, etc. 

This is for the people who are tired of seeing a female protagonist become a s*upid damsel because of romance.

If you don't mind Fanfic or Gender-bent(male to female) types, I'll also be adding them.

I'll be adding more if I found some in the future and I'll be removing some if the author/s add romance in their work.

This type of novels are really hard to find so anyone who knows a one or two can drop it in the comment.

I'll also be adding what i found in other websites like webnovel or scribblehub in the comment section. <<less

Novels with a female protagonist (including gender-bender male to female) in no particular order.
Feel free to leave opinions or recommendations.
Ratings:
5- didn't read... more>> yet / is reading
4- finished reading
3- would read when book is picked up again or has new updates 
2- stopped reading after catching up
1- dropped <<less

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List of novels where the heroine doesn't turn into a blushing mess and solves her own problems. ... more>>

I like independent MC who are smart or strong.

Popcorn read: A novel with little substance yet so easy to read that you have finished it before you know it. 

Not yet translated: 

第九农学基地/Ninth Agricultural Base: Horror; Post-Apocalypses; Mutated Plants; School life; 

我在废土世界扫垃圾/I'm sweeping up tr*sh in the wasteland: Horror; Post-Apocalypses Nightmares

噩梦入侵 / Nightmare Plague: Horror; Nightmares; 

支付宝到账888万元/ Four College Students' Apocalyptic Quest for 8.88 Million Yuan: Horror; Zombie Apocalypses; Group of Girls; 

这个梦我喜欢！/ I love this dream!: Fantasy world; ABO; Superpowers; Monsters; 

 都市怪谈拆迁办 / Strange Tales Demolition Office: Horror; Strange Rules Ghost Stories; 

她作死向来很可以的 / She's Always Been Good At Courting Death: Horror; Secret World; Instances; Superpowers; 

赛博神明降临无限世界/ Cyber ​​gods descend into the infinite world <<less

when you want smth a bit different from the usual... 
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❌️ romantic subplot & slow/late romance, well-known novels ❌️... more>>

* mostly korean & chinese (maybe jpn too)
** all will be ≤ 3.5 stars <<less

Some novels with game/system elements... more>>

Order doens't matter 

If you have recommendations I'd be grateful. <<less

includes fanfiction novels (mostly chinese) with some descriptions (cause I'm lazy)... more>>

no ranking but a list

- anime: naruto, one piece, dragon ball, etc.
- marvel/dc superhero
- harry potter- shokugeki no soma (food wars)

and more >>

disclaimer: some of these novels are kinda wacky. <<less

The list predominately fits my taste (Adult Male) but If you would like to add, post a comment below with the titles. If you wish to help me petition a tag for Western Names, post here https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/create-tags-for-native-and-english-names.160746/#post-7310385... more>>

Second List Will be putting completed/hiatus or lower readership here: https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/77428/ <<less

I made a rec list for trying. I just add some novels out of nowhere according to my taste at particular time I remember I had made something called rec list. XD
There are Villainess stories, Sweet love novels,Quick transmigration, Saving-the-world-stories-with-self sacrificing-fellows,Immortal cultivation stuff, comedy with horror,etc.... more>>

Everything's in a random order because it's damn hard to sort on phone. Please don't mind. >v< <<less