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

Some of the really good ones, imo.... more>>

There're multiple genres in here. Some of the novels are paywalled.

The first seven are my top 7. The rest are not in any particular order.

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

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

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Most novels that claim to have op protagonists and/or protagonists that are strong from the start isn't quite so. I believe my list adheres to a more stricter categorization of the aforementioned tags.... more>>

In other words, the protagonists in this list of novels are truly OP AF.

A small caveat: some novels' protagonists on this list may not necessarily be strong RIGHT from the start, but they will certainly ramp up to an OP level, hence they were added onto this list. An example of this would be "The Tutorial is Too Hard". <<less

 male protagonist, female protag , second chance, some romance, reincarnation, and adventurers. Contain novels that I like. KR, JP, CN.           ... more>>            EDIT: I LIKE ALL OF THESE NOVELS SO MAKE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN, I DIDN'T SORT THEM OUT ACCORDING TO HOW MUCH I LIKE THEM EACH. <<less

Amazing novels I recommend to family and friends.

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

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

I'd rather read these novels when they update than sleep... more>>

#49 - #57 are short stories/one-shot novels <<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

My favorite ML/MC <3

Well after reading novel in novelupdates.com for about 3 years. Here what i think the best novels that could be found here are:

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

These are the novels that I highly recommend you all to read due to the great plot, character development, and sometimes just the plain joy... more>> it will bring to you to feel a part of the novel your are reading. It's got plenty of antihero and exciting plot that just keeps on giving. Synopsis near the bottom... usually, no promises.  <<less

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Mostly action a lot of game elements just stuff I would recommend kinda ordered (will have to put more thought and wait till some have... more>> more chapters) <<less

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

These are my most favorite novels. I hope ya find something to your liking.

Many kinds of Novels ranging from Sci-Fi to (Dark) Fantasy, Comedy, Romance but mainly Action and Adventure, trying to avoid excessive Harem, Ecchi, Smut, no Yaoi/BL either.... more>>

Roughly sorted from best to weaker Novels (in my opinion). I also try to add descriptions to every Novel I can, if I can think of something to say that isn't already in the synopsis, they might contain minor spoilers though.

I'd like to add two more Novels here that I am reading but aren't listed here because they are Original Works from "Webnovel . com": "World Domination System" and "The Mech Touch". Both are pretty decent and are worth a look. <<less

Here are just some of my all time favourite novels on NU. Not all BL, I swear! Though quite a few are... ... more>>

A lot contain transmitigration, reincarnation, game elements, level up, apocalypse... so forth <<less

The novels I enjoyed the most throughout the thousands of novels I've read on this site. Tried to include every type, will update as I... more>> remember.. <<less

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