Allure of the unknown
Allure of the unknown
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 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.
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.
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Created: Jun 5th, 2020, Updated: Nov 28th, 2022
Created Jun 5th, 2020
Updated Nov 28th, 2022
456 Chapters Every 22.9 Day(s) 10015 Readers 114 Reviews 06-14-2023
Eh, I thought I had this one added. Well, now I do. Misunderstanding trope, good execution. Could become tedious after a while. Still recommended even... more>>
90 Chapters Every 15.5 Day(s) 1066 Readers 12 Reviews 04-24-2024
An engaging read, if you are looking for a survival game story.... more>>
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So i found a list made by user @Tallrice https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/10686/ about reincarnations into different creatures
It mentioned a notable novel on Royal Road site called “threadbare” about magician giving sentience to a plush bear
"Nothing became something, awareness flooded in, and suddenly, everything was.
Button eyes wiggled, as they looked around at a cluttered room. A furry neck moved as a cloth-and-fur head twisted, using its newfound ability to look at things. It didn’t enjoy it, not precisely. If you asked it, and somehow gave it the ability to reply, then it could have told you that it didn’t know what joy was. It didn’t know much of anything."
Author is very capable at describing. However, as story progressed, It lost its initial flavor of being extraordinary
There are also notable novels Fork this life, everybody loves big chests, tree of aeons, chrysalis
Chrysalis is best perceived among them
It has many positive reviews on royalroad, some people do find it quite good. Reincarnation in tree is a relatively novel idea. At some point of time it becomes kingdom building genre. Most of kingdom building genre are prone to become boring as new chapters are released as kingdom becomes big and plot stale. Tree of aeons however never gives a breather.
Concept of world is not bad either. World where after 10 years since demise of late demon king new king with unique deadly ability emerges. If last batch of heroes is yet to die, they will have to battle otherwise new batch will appear until demon king is dead.
So no matter how strong being is it will eventually crumble. In such a situation our tree finds itself, trying to steer away from conflict which can resolve even without its intervention
Unique? Yeah. Dark? Pretty much. And in my case it left a rather pleasant aftertaste
@M.A.T.R.
bruh ur tastes are dog shit
There’s a good novel on Royal Road called "Mother of learning". Basically it’s magician caught up in Groundhog Day. There are also some notable novels on Webnovel site but alas they cannot be posted on novelupdates list
@shirlulu007
They cannot be added to nu as nu only accepts translated oriental novels. English originals can’t have a pass here
On the other hand even if I copypaste name link and will write commentary here it won’t give you same impression as if it was posted with picture, genres, rating etc
The best one I encountered lately is “psychic parasite” on webnovel. Basically protagonist becomes parasitic soul in dark world full of foreshadowing and struggle.
After thinking a bit, I’ll be adding new stories from other sites down here in description - that’s what I tried but it told me that the description limit -1500 - is reached :/
So I’ll be adding them here i suppose
5) The gilded hero, royalroad, https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/29286/the-gilded-hero It turns out, people summoned from another world are easily charmed with the title of "Hero." And they really shouldn't be.
6) Mister B. Gone
You get to read a sentient book, that has a specific request for you.
7) The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Time loop story where protagonist interacts with other versions of himself in order to stop a mu*der of a girl.
8) Returning to No Applause, Only More of the Same
Kreig was summoned to the other world 130 years ago, the last 30 of which were spent in a constant, vengeful war against any army that would attempt to subjugate him. Once he returned, he found out that only 10 years had passed.Kreig was summoned to the other world 130 years ago, the last 30 of which were spent in a constant, vengeful war against any army that would attempt to subjugate him. Once he returned, he found out that only 10 years had passed.
9) A fine octet of legs
Waking up in unfamiliar surroundings after a wild night of drinking is not exactly a novel experience, even for Rita, but when it appears her whole city has gone to hell while she was out cold, well, that has to be a first. And if she wasn't careful, possibly a last.
Now, somehow equipped with four times the number of legs she’s used to, Rita has to get to the bottom of what happened, figure out how to get back to her normal life and somehow survive in a ruined and post-apocalyptic hellscape that she was almost one hundred percent certain wasn't there yesterday.Waking up in unfamiliar surroundings after a wild night of drinking is not exactly a novel experience, even for Rita, but when it appears her whole city has gone to hell while she was out cold, well, that has to be a first. And if she wasn't careful, possibly a last.
Now, somehow equipped with four times the number of legs she’s used to, Rita has to get to the bottom of what happened, figure out how to get back to her normal life and somehow survive in a ruined and post-apocalyptic hellscape that she was almost one hundred percent certain wasn't there yesterday.
10) Big Panda and Tiny Dragon
11) The Game at Carousel: A Horror Movie LitRPGThe Game at Carousel: A Horror Movie LitRPGThe Game at Carousel: A Horror Movie LitRPG
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/65629/the-game-at-carousel-a-horror-movie-litrpg
A fine horror survival novel.
Psychic parasite is a unique novel and that’s exactly what is appealing in it. I suppose you are looking for something that have same aspect?
If you are talking about reincarnation in nonhuman beings, you can look in list made by @Tallrice
He updates it time from time. Maybe something will catch your eye?
If you mean unique premise, I remember stacking those in this list XP
If you mean something outside of nu site, you may try Henry Kuttner’s “Vintage Season”
"I like when protagonist is on the edge, his survival chances slowly draining. I prefer when numbers go down, as well as protagonist’s hopes. "
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