Wholesome (non ab*sive top) BL
Wholesome (non ab*sive top) BL
Just BL without the stereotypical overbearing, abusive, rapist ML. Naturally they also have to be good reads (though this is subjective) to make this list.
If you feel like something should or shouldn't be included in this list, let me know and I'll review the story in question. The books are in no particular order.
If you feel like something should or shouldn't be included in this list, let me know and I'll review the story in question. The books are in no particular order.
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Created: Mar 5th, 2021, Updated: May 23rd, 2025
Created Mar 5th, 2021
Updated May 23rd, 2025

41 Chapters Every 11.5 Day(s) 914 Readers 6 Reviews 06-23-2025
The very embodiment of the purpose of this list: ab*se isn't romantic, s*umbags only love themselves, and true love is wanting the other to always... more>>

224 Chapters Every 36.7 Day(s) 3368 Readers 37 Reviews 02-04-2024
A QT story with unique worlds and plenty of twists and turns. The MC follows ML to help heal him from his traumatic experiences in... more>>

1 Chapters Every 1871 Day(s) 6884 Readers 84 Reviews 05-11-2020
A surprisingly philosophical story of two members of an idol group learning to find the common ground and love each other despite their entirely different... more>>

175 Chapters Every 108 Day(s) 17045 Readers 383 Reviews 02-11-2021
One of my favourite stories here, this features a very clever and skilled MC with a very tsundere ML who is actually as timid and... more>>

245 Chapters Every 56.2 Day(s) 17020 Readers 208 Reviews 12-11-2023
Elements of quick transmigration. The ML is infinitely gentle and loving, while the MC is very clever and skilled; together they work to overcome their... more>>

28 Chapters Every 16.5 Day(s) 23237 Readers 511 Reviews 11-29-2020
Is there anyone who doesn't know this Author or her stories? A love story spanning over 800 years.

612 Chapters Every 76.3 Day(s) 10531 Readers 149 Reviews 05-12-2022
This is Long. Extremely long. Seriously, don't underestimate the length of this story. Aside from length, there's also more important characters than I usually like... more>>

111 Chapters Every 37.7 Day(s) 3289 Readers 26 Reviews 01-25-2024
MC acts as the cold, steady beauty to maintain his position and discipline as the captain of an eSports team. ML joins the team and... more>>

156 Chapters Every 99.9 Day(s) 15653 Readers 319 Reviews 07-18-2021
The ML may be off the charts with his shamelessness and overbearing attitude, but he remains respectful of boundaries and the slowly developing affection between the main characters in their harsh reality is very enthralling. There's lots of mystery and some spookiness in this, with uncertainty of the future of all the characters - but that shouldn't put you off reading. ... more>>

199 Chapters Every 104.6 Day(s) 10761 Readers 193 Reviews 03-19-2021
A very thrilling journey of an extremely smart and cunning MC to obtain a body for his boyfriend and other personality, the ML, by acting... more>>


#12Game Loading
309 Chapters Every 85.7 Day(s) 14085 Readers 185 Reviews 08-15-2019
There's plenty of "harem" in this story, with the MC having to woo separate soul shards of the ML. There are elements of quick transmigration... more>>

0 Chapters Every 1775 Day(s) 13168 Readers 245 Reviews 08-15-2020
A tale of a fish working on regaining his human form after transmigrating into a book, this story features a rather silly but optimistic MC... more>>

172 Chapters Every 45.7 Day(s) 7406 Readers 53 Reviews 10-12-2023
The MC is only interested in sweets and the ML, while the ML is mostly just interested in him. They're both strong as can be,... more>>

#15I Can Do It
145 Chapters Every 96.5 Day(s) 11616 Readers 210 Reviews 05-02-2024
Poor, tr*sh-mouthed MC is the fanboy of the rather aloof but popular ML; the setting has several eSports story tropes, but the characters are unique... more>>

342 Chapters Every 6.7 Day(s) 5033 Readers 48 Reviews 06-22-2025
Contains some grotesque descriptions of death and unpleasant situations; read with that in mind. This is a horror unlimited flow type story, where the MC... more>>

37 Chapters Every 8.7 Day(s) 8456 Readers 105 Reviews 03-13-2025
The ML could use a handbook on humans and dating, but his mistakes and stubbornness make him more endearing than not. The MC is skilled... more>>

64 Chapters Every 14.5 Day(s) 1697 Readers 5 Reviews 05-31-2025
A very good infinite flow story about a horror/mystery game with solid plot and lots of stories about humanity and its dark sides. The MC... more>>


27 Chapters Every 83.3 Day(s) 7428 Readers 64 Reviews 05-30-2023
Despite his nature and tendencies as the Evil God, the ML respects MC and wants him to be able to live according to his wishes,... more>>

13 Chapters Every 60.5 Day(s) 9474 Readers 102 Reviews 06-16-2025
Comedy, comedy, comedy. And misunderstandings. And frankly hilarious inner stream of consciousness.

109 Chapters Every 121 Day(s) 10298 Readers 129 Reviews 08-24-2020
Because of their rather rocky path in their previous life, even if they did reach their happily ever after, getting another chance to fix past... more>>

115 Chapters Every 6.9 Day(s) 14366 Readers 145 Reviews 06-19-2025
Lots of action and plot revolving around the underworld and power struggles, despite the setting the love between the two main characters remains pure and... more>>

233 Chapters Every 27.1 Day(s) 7091 Readers 47 Reviews 12-09-2024
What's a good rebirth story without new found chances to obtain love? Set in musical world, the MC is perhaps too OP, but sometimes reading... more>>

142 Chapters Every 121.1 Day(s) 8546 Readers 160 Reviews 07-19-2020
Despite the eSports theme, this actually doesn't have that much to do with eSports. The side characters have some implications of a more forceful relationship,... more>>
Comments (10)
Hi, I love your list!! I’ve read and adored many of the novels here and want to recommend a few good reads of my own.
-Fantasy Farm: Mostly daily farming life with a backdrop of supernatural shenanigans and some mystery. It was wholesome and surprisingly compelling. The Male Lead’s a supernatural creature that’s poor, super lazy, and gluttonous lmfao. I loved the slow development between the CP.
-Little Mushroom: Post-Apocalyptic story about a mushroom that’s trying to find its child. I loved the writing in this. Characters are believable and not one-dimensional. The Male lead is interesting and you feel for him as a character.
-Everyday life of a Dom Boyfriend: This is super different in its candidness and realism with the characters. It’s slice of life and focuses on the cohabitation between a professional dom (ML) and a debt collector (MC). The ML is unusual in how he never readily spoils the MC and takes a long time to warm up to him (due to his job and previous life experiences). Despite that, it’s f*cking hilarious and really heartwarming. You’ll love the development between the CP.
-Mr. Melancholy wants to live a Peaceful life: I loved this so much. It’s mostly lighthearted but with a well paced plot and good world-building. There aren’t any cannon-fodder/s*upid villain type of characters and most are given some depth. The CP actually starts off already being married but with some secrets they’re hiding from other. OMG, these two rival the CP in death progress bar in the purity of their love and how much dog food they produce. Please read it there’s such a great cast of characters.
I've actually read part of Fantasy Farm, and was waiting for more chapters to be translated before finishing it; Little Mushroom is also on my to-read list soon as I can get around to it :3c. I'll make sure to include them in the list if they finish off as well as they started. I've not heard of the Dom boyfriend title before, so that's a new one to check out (and I love finding new reading) °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
I did try to read Mr melancholy at one point, I believe (is it the story about the finished-with and escaped-from system OP man who's being targeted by the recovered system?) but for some reason it failed to grip me within the first 20 or so chapters so I didn't get around to finishing it. I'll try to give it another try later, though!
@Saikick I had the same experience with Mr. Melancholy tbh. I hit a slump around the 20 chapter mark and took a while before continuing. Not sure why but it just got better and better when I started reading it again. Glad to know you know these novels already though. Happy reading!
I recommend "Stray"
ML (Top) has been afraid of MC (bottom) since childhood, but when fate connected them and they were forced to cooperate, ML overcame his fear and fell in love with MC. What about MC, he’s just cute and when he finds a person who trusts him and won’t leave him, he just becomes like a cat. they are actually both very cute! MC is aloof, but not cold, and ML is a sunny boy. ML's smile just heals MC.
I think that's in my waiting for chapters list atm, I'll check it out :3c
Thanks for the suggestion uwu
Edit: turns out I'd actually read this up to chapter 70+, but then caught up with current updates and left it be to wait for them. I finished it now and it does work well for this list :3
Nice list :D looking at these novels is kinda making me sad though cause some of them haven't had updates in months pwq xDD btw between I Can Do It and FOG, which would you recommend more? I dunno what it is but I've looked at them and read some of their reviews (for FOG, I think I was on that site at least a couple times in regular intervals) and they seemed quite well-received but for some reason they've just been lying in my "better potential reads" list for what feels like eternities xDD
I'd recommend Tattoo and Very Happy. They both have some kinda peaceful, soothing vibe and I feel like the leads' interactions are respectful and considerate. In case you're interested, I actually have a list of BG and BL without consent issues. These two novels for some reason though came to mind particularly quickly and strongly so I'm leaving it at that :D
Personally, I prefer I Can Do It more so far, maybe because there's less drama and history to their relationship, but if you like a bit of dogblood then Fog is a good choice :3c. Fog is already completely translated at least, while Icdi is still WIP.
I think Tattoo is on my (very long) future reading list, and I actually read about 50-70 chapters of Very Happy before pausing to wait for more updates - I just didn't add it to the list yet since the relationship hadn't progressed far enough to see if the ML would turn out to be scummy in actual relationship or not °w°.. he did seem to have the possibility given his background. I'm glad to hear it didn't turn out that way, though! I'll try to finish it soon since it's already all done :3c