The list contains the best novels that I read in terms of pleasure, not quality. The novels may be okay, but I prefer them... more>>

After the first place, the order is considered random

I will start documenting my observations about it. They may not be accurate due to the long time that has passed since I read novels years ago. Nevertheless, they serve as a summary of my experience with them. I might attempt to organize them from best to least preferred as well.
"I also do not speak English, so please overlook some spelling errors. I only use translation."

I Have An Impenetrable Fortress IHIF <<less

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Ranked from highest to lowest.... more>>

Little to no harems.

Welcome to give suggestions.

Other list-

The Perfect Run

Paragon of Destruction 

Mother of learning <<less

Great Books, various tags/genres... more>>

Refer to list 5/5 rating for my first choice of novel <<less

Novels that caught my interest—pure guilt-pleasure reads... more>>

Orders are irrelevant

For a list of masterpiece novels, refer to this list:

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/83118/ <<less

add to that : ... more>>

- Shadow s*ave (SS) 

- Chaos heir (S) 

- Fire mage (A+) 

- Death and me (A) 

- Hitman with a badass system (B+)       

- Journey of the fate destroyer emperor (A) 

- Supremacy games (S)

- Supreme magus (A)

- Dimensional descent (S) 

- Villain retirement (A+) 

- divine path system (B+) 

- the author pov (A)

- Mother of learning (SS)

- The perfect run (A) 

- The great demon system (B) 

- Darius supreme (B) 

- Birth of demonic sword (B+)

- The beginning after the end (A)

- Blood warlock (B+)

- Cultivation online (C+)

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I’ve read too many novels... more>>

Not sorted yet, currently adding reviews <<less

This is a list of things I have read which I think are great from the perspective of 'quality of craft' & 'quality of story'. In general those will be great reads for everyone as well, but will less include 'because I like this' focused listings of other 'great so long as you like this' stories.... more>>

That said, there are only so many 'objectively great' stories, so farther down the list I will put caveats (etc.) with less 'full measure' stories- either 'just good', or 'great if you like this', etc. I moved all the anri-social protags to another list.

If you know of something I should add to this list, feel free to comment a suggestion or PM.

I have written quite a few reviews for most of these and other works- feel free to check them out, and vote them up if you find them helpful. Thanks! <<less

This list contains titles I am reading or have read so far. I will mostly list those I like and omit the ones I dropped or outright dislike and put them in another list. I probably missed a few because I read a massive lot and can't remember every title ^^... more>>

The novels I have read on this site started mostly in the Wuxia/ Xianxia Genre but with time I came to read more and more KR and JP stuff too. As a result, the contents will revolve around the usual genre tropes so I won't bother with a long list of tags. I don't have a lot of expectations for most titles I casually pick up.

What I consider when actually calling a novel "bad" is mostly bad writing ability (author) or translation quality. Otherwise there are some things like excessive NTR, those mostly have horrendous writing/ storytelling anyway. There are also things I just subjectively find boring of course.

I hope the list contains stuff that you may come to like just as I did :)

[I have not really ranked the entries] <<less

I grew up with the development of Chinese Web Novels. In the beginning of 21st century, I started reading online novels, when Qidian set about... more>> expanding its business. Eastern fantasy was my favorite type. In every summer and winter vacation, I would read dozens of them. It was a great surprise for me when I heard NovelUpdates, which gave me the chance to create this list and share with you many memorable fantasy novels serving as milestones. <<less

Most Japanese novels have either a Beta MC or an ending that rips open your heart with tragedy. Koreans have a problem with their moral compass and Chinese think that the only way to live is through DOMINANCE... There are very few novels where the MC is not a typical douche-bag...... more>>

In the middle of all these distortions, there are a few novels that stand out and can be named as great enough to keep in memory...

In my list, I recommend my favourites... Any discontent with the list can be discussed after you show me a better list... <<less

Could have forgotten some but most should be in here. Also this is mostly as a recommendations guide to my veteran friend Yoda, if other... more>> stumble upon it, feel free to take a look. <<less

Everything I've read and currently reading ... more>>

( No particular order)

Mostly fantasy themed,horror, psychological and isekai :) <<less

These are novels you won't regret reading. Many of these I have re-read or finished in one sitting. The genres are varied, though I do have a preference for romance. From what I remember, none of these novels are terribly problematic. I hope you find a novel you will enjoy.... more>>

*I tried sorting it into order of what I enjoyed the most at first, but then it got harder to rank them, so I gave up (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ* <<less

When I look for a novel I like looking for novels withs theses tags, this is the books that I'm reading... more>>

-Kingdom building, Army building, Game elements, Reincarnation, Skill assimilation, Romantic subplot, s*aves, Game elements, Polygamy  <<less

ATTENTION!! This list only consist of chinese novels with Male Protagonist, and its sorted by rank, rating, readers, excellent reviews and a little bit of personal opinion! I can assure you that everything listed here are worth trying! ... more>>

*pay attention to the genres! don't blame me later :3

Last but not least, i would recommend you to read it on wuxiaworld / readlightnovels / webnovels due to its high-quality translation, quick updates & they have more chapters! Well then, enjoy! <3

PS. Chinese novels with Female Protagonist are listed in my recommendation list; "Best Chinese Webnovels FL" <<less

Weak to strong MC with some having a simulation systems

Great novels that I've read, the top three are all must reads. The rest are in no particular order. If you were wondering why a veteran like me places LMS in top 3 its because that was my gateway to fantasy. Lord of the Mysteries is good to the level that it could be worshipped. The rest are just different genres that I checked out at different points in time. ... more>>

You might hate some novels but people have varied tastes so that's that. Check the whole thing out!

P.S. I read way more but ig 100s the limit so I'll stop here. Fellow daoists- NO JUDGEMENT   ;-) <<less

As the title says... more>>

It's all Harem so if you're not a fan of that then why the heck did you even click this? <<less

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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

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

Wuxia: Martial arts, but nothing else, People practice martial arts. They are mortals and their goal is not to be immortal.
Xianxia: Wuxia + C-nese magic-based mainly on Daoism
Xuanhuan: eastern fantasy, Might have cultivation, but it's more fantasy than anything... more>>

My recommended Wuxia story [Which is QT but all the worlds are related to this genre]

[No CP] [Comprehensive Martial Arts] My life will stop  【无CP】[综武侠]吾命将休

[Comprehensive] Zhao Ru Sun and Moon_Little Fox Xili [End + Fan Wai]     [综]昭如日月_小狐昔里【完结+番外】

A favorite Korean manhua  -> Trinity Wonder

Jianghu/kangho: the most generalised answer is “The part of the world the imperial court doesn’t have direct jurisdiction over.” You are talking about brothels, gangs, bandits, slums, the underworld, rogue disciples from various sects and more. There's no order and rife with crime. It's like taobao, lol. Wulin/murim: refers to specifically and only to martial arts schools/sects/cults etc. The wulin is considered the refined, respected and virtuous people in society; they're also placed higher on the hierarchy. There's order. If jianghu is taobao, Wulin is Tmall.

# For those who don't know what's going on ^^

https://www.wuxiaworld.com/page/general-glossary-of-terms

https://owlcation.com/humanities/A-Beginners-Guide-to-Wuxia

https://owlcation.com/humanities/A-Wuxia-Glossary <<less

List of works adapted to Donghua anime. (JP works excluded as there are too many)

Novel about alchemy, pill making, wuxia