Novels With No Love Interest(s) / No Romance
Novels With No Love Interest(s) / No Romance
Novels that have no lasting romance or love interests (people who MC is romantically interested in). There will be no smut, harem of love interests (some novels have the harem genre only due to the prominence of potential ones), or ecchi, and BL/GL also count as romance. The list includes a personal rating and (often wordy) review/description.
Of course, it's also about my tastes, so this list will be mostly fantasy and action novels (op mc will be a common feature)... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The list is in no particular order, but novels with <100 chapters and on hiatus/slow updating (less/around as often as 1 chap/month) will go in the back, starting at #32.
DISCLAIMER: The list is subject to change and revision - my impression changes as I think about them/read more. I cannot guarantee a novel has no romance later. I'll try to update this rec list as I read. No promises though, so my descriptions may be outdated.
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Of course, it's also about my tastes, so this list will be mostly fantasy and action novels (op mc will be a common feature)... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The list is in no particular order, but novels with <100 chapters and on hiatus/slow updating (less/around as often as 1 chap/month) will go in the back, starting at #32.
DISCLAIMER: The list is subject to change and revision - my impression changes as I think about them/read more. I cannot guarantee a novel has no romance later. I'll try to update this rec list as I read. No promises though, so my descriptions may be outdated.
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Similar lists (insert after the "viewlist/" in the URL): 3797, 46727, 20556, 7097, 25820, 47958, 19335, 48107, 50847, 29345, 44031
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Created: Sep 5th, 2020, Updated: Oct 26th, 2022
Created Sep 5th, 2020
Updated Oct 26th, 2022
113 Chapters Every 509.2 Day(s) 11261 Readers 351 Reviews 02-06-2019
5/5: Really well thought out and has its own complex power system and world history. The MC is calm and smart (and soft at heart), and focuses on finding the secrets of the aforementioned power system and history as he gathers power and tries to find how he got here in the first place.... more>>
847 Chapters Every 44.3 Day(s) 11023 Readers 152 Reviews 08-14-2021
4.2/5: A lighter, simple novel very focused on the main character and slowish paced (all of Lazy Cliche's novels are like that, don't let that terrifying cover fool you). Some might even say it's a bit bland. The setting is a fantasy-ish world reminiscent of prehistoric or ancient times where technology is not developed and metal is cool.... more>>
78 Chapters Every 212.2 Day(s) 5762 Readers 124 Reviews 01-19-2018
4.2/5: Another relatively light novel by Lazy Cliche, this time about a reincarnated composer-turned-war-hero in a sci-fi setting as he rises in various entertainment circles. Slightly Mary Sue-ish....ok, I admit it, it's very much a Mary Sue story.... more>>
183 Chapters Every 126.5 Day(s) 3620 Readers 19 Reviews 06-20-2022
4.5/5: The life of dude reincarnated as a cat in 2000's China. It's slice-of-life and focuses mainly on his escapades and daily life as the intelligent pet cat of a university professor and his family.... more>>
90 Chapters Every 189.5 Day(s) 15366 Readers 159 Reviews 08-17-2015
4.5/5: The MC is an aging, reclusive, and ridiculously skilled eSports star playing a fantasy MMORPG, Glory. The story starts with him being forced into retirement.... more>>
882 Chapters Every 3.3 Day(s) 34702 Readers 551 Reviews 05-26-2023
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0 Chapters Every 117.3 Day(s) 19251 Readers 411 Reviews 09-09-2018
Completed Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Mature Mystery Psychological Sci-fi Seinen Supernatural Tragedy
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107 Chapters Every 165.6 Day(s) 8627 Readers 84 Reviews 12-21-2016
4.2/5: The first part of the novel has the most comedy, it eventually gets a more serious tone later. MC is transmigrated into a xianxia/xuanhuan world, with a system that'll kill him if he doesn't get his task done - to found the #1 sect. So he begins his journey scam-, *cough* I mean, recruiting disciples that are the main characters of xianxia novels. ... more>>
229 Chapters Every 1.3 Day(s) 2465 Readers 17 Reviews 05-26-2023
4.5/5: The MC is amazingly talented at black magic and memorization. He's able to see emotions, but not understand them, being the naive emotionally stunted thing he is. He's a journey to learn more magic and see more emotions, and he's apathetic to most other things, like romance. ... more>>
#10Debut or Die
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738 Chapters Every 34.7 Day(s) 2828 Readers 44 Reviews 01-08-2022
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38 Chapters Every 78.5 Day(s) 972 Readers 24 Reviews 03-08-2020
3.5/5: A relatively low-stakes comedy power fantasy novel. The MC transmigrates into a newly-born minor god, the God of Games. The novel is about him growing his powers and playerbase-*cough*, I mean, church. The MC sets up a game system for his believers, making them basically players of a real-life MMORPG. ... more>>
#13Yama Rising
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415 Chapters Every 85.1 Day(s) 1347 Readers 28 Reviews 04-08-2023
4.2/5: Novel set in a multi-plane world, with the setting most often being a western fantasy fused with steampunk magitech. SLOW. VERY SLOW. With LOTS of infodumps. Definitely not for everyone. (I probably only like it because I like infodumps and stretched plotlines, and it's still a little too slow, even for me xP)... more>>
39 Chapters Every 147.8 Day(s) 6718 Readers 85 Reviews 05-21-2017
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20 Chapters Every 15.6 Day(s) 4220 Readers 19 Reviews 11-03-2022
4.3/5: It's kind of like if you mashed tr*sh Count, ORV, and the Korean modern dungeoning LitRPG genre together. Also included is the friendship between MC and the original novel's MC. Bromance aside, it's a good novel.... more>>
0 Chapters Every 1158 Day(s) 5485 Readers 46 Reviews 03-26-2020
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125 Chapters Every 15.7 Day(s) 13140 Readers 98 Reviews 05-06-2023
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34 Chapters Every 93.5 Day(s) 1915 Readers 28 Reviews 10-16-2020
3.5/5: If you've ever wanted to read about an evil spirit of plague and death trying to take over the world(s), this is it. Gets a little old the more you read, though.... more>>
39 Chapters Every 102 Day(s) 2685 Readers 52 Reviews 03-29-2019
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260 Chapters Every 21.1 Day(s) 13109 Readers 59 Reviews 05-28-2023
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57 Chapters Every 70.6 Day(s) 1552 Readers 40 Reviews 07-16-2020
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79 Chapters Every 13.5 Day(s) 1949 Readers 25 Reviews 05-17-2023
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144 Chapters Every 164.9 Day(s) 3419 Readers 53 Reviews 10-17-2017
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Off-site recs dump in case anyone needs more reading material (Have not yet read all of these, more TBA hopefully):
- Mother of Learning by Nobody123 | [RRL] {Complete} | male mc, fantasy, time loop
- Queen in the Mud by Maari | [Kindle; RRL] {2nd Book on Hiatus} | fmc, fantasy
Nice list
Although I ended up reading worlds tree without realising it was dropped
@aShinyVaporeon ahh that's good to know. If they do update again, I'll be sure to give it a read :D
Sorry for the late reply, I didn't notice this before. Luckily it was saved
Lovely list! They all look interesting (i only read TCF and King's avatar haha)
Also, I would like to suggest "Omniscient Reader's viewpoint" it's action, survival novel/manhwa and it doesn't have romance in it :3
Oh, yeah, I did read up to like chapter 300 a while ago. It's one of those novels I'm not up to date with so I'm hesitant to add it to the list, thank you for the recommend!
I'll try to catch up on it and add it in. :D
(early spoiler for ppl who didn’t read word)
i actually drop the story when he went to the new city and was trying to save her so do you know what happens after that