Years of Reading Pt.1

Years of Reading Pt.1
Sharing several years of my reading experience.

I was slowly creating this list for about a year. When I've got nothing else to do I was gradually expanding it and that's the result.

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To make it more descriptive and clarify some things I've put what I consider the main focus of the story under the 'Main Tags' line.

I've also added some comments to express what I thought about most novels that I've read.
As a bonus I've thrown out here some things that people look for or try to avoid like romance and mentioned similar titles that I've read myself.

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Tags' explanation:

Mature:
FL - foul language, G - gore, E - ero elements.

Romance:

'No Romance' - nothing worth mentioning/mc is a loner, No Romance(?) - I haven't seen any, 'Romance' - only 1 heroine, Yanderes - self-explanatory, Harem - if MC is in CONFIRMED relationships with
several love interests, not a japanese useless one.

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'My reading progress' line is a show of my 'sincerity'. At least I know what I'm talking about cause I've read it till cXXX.

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Rating:

10/10 - Perfection (for me).

9/10 - Not 10/10 but pretty close.

8/10 - Something good/worth reading

7/10 - Readable

6/10 - Read with caution / Only 'Readable' under specific circumstances

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P.s I've read a lot of novels (more than 200), so I've chosen more popular titles, or at least novels that I've liked more than others. So very few novels here can be considered questionable or 'hidden gems'.
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Created: Sep 5th, 2022, Updated: Sep 5th, 2022
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CN (3.3)
132 Chapters Every 352.7 Day(s) 940 Readers 27 Reviews 07-07-2019
Main Tags:  Transmigration, Slice-of-Life, Squandering, Lazy and Lucky Protagonist, Harem. ... more>>
CN (4.1)
38 Chapters Every 101.3 Day(s) 1057 Readers 23 Reviews 03-08-2020
Main Tags: Gods, Kingdom Building, Parody, Comedy, No Romance. ... more>>
CN (3.7)
25 Chapters Every 408 Day(s) 20971 Readers 237 Reviews 11-02-2015
Main Tags: Time Regression, Overpowered Protagonist, Harem. ... more>>
KR (4.4)
355 Chapters Every 3.7 Day(s) 9895 Readers 46 Reviews 03-25-2024
Main Tags: Time Regression, Schemes-and-Conspiracies, Swords-and-Magic, No Romance(?). ... more>>
KR (3.7)
45 Chapters Every 17.4 Day(s) 5609 Readers 21 Reviews 08-17-2023
Main Tags: Demon Lord, Overpowered Protagonist, Saving-the-World, Schemes-and-Conspiracies, Comedy, Harem, Yanderes. ... more>>
KR (4)
20 Chapters Every 286 Day(s) 14707 Readers 136 Reviews 02-09-2021
Main Tags: Dungeons, Ruthless Protagonist, Revenge, Romance. ... more>>
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186 Chapters Every 152.5 Day(s) 9650 Readers 106 Reviews 05-20-2019
Main Tags: Time Regression, Overpowered Protagonist, Saving-the-World. ... more>>
CN (4.7)
113 Chapters Every 531.9 Day(s) 13474 Readers 357 Reviews 02-06-2019
Main Tags: Supernatural, Mature(G), Drama, No Romance. ... more>>
CN (3.4)
0 Chapters Every 1462 Day(s) 1103 Readers 53 Reviews N/A
Main Tags: VR, Mature(G,E), Comedy, Harem. ... more>>
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28 Chapters Every 116.3 Day(s) 5234 Readers 116 Reviews 08-10-2019
Main Tags: Cultivation, Harem, Mystery, Saving-the-World. ... more>>
JP (3.9)
0 Chapters Every 8852 Day(s) 2230 Readers 10 Reviews N/A
Main Tags: Transported-to-Another-World, Comedy, Harem. ... more>>
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Main Tags: VR, Adventure, Romance. ... more>>
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Main Tags: Action, Adventure, Saving-the-World, No Romance. ... more>>
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Main Tags: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Drama. ... more>>
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Main Tags: Slice-of-Life, Romance. ... more>>
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Main Tags: Slice of Life, Shop Owner, No Romance(?). ... more>>
CN (4.2)
571 Chapters Every 12.9 Day(s) 4562 Readers 65 Reviews 10-30-2023
Main Tags: Cultivation, Comedy, Harem. ... more>>
JP (3.9)
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Main Tags: Insanity, Mature, Harem, Yanderes. ... more>>
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Main Tags: Cultivation, Romance. ... more>>
CN (4.3)
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Main Tags: Cultivation, Pokemons, Evil? Protagonist, No Romance.  ... more>>
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Main Tags: Parody, Comedy, Romance. ... more>>
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104 Chapters Every 158.1 Day(s) 4016 Readers 68 Reviews 11-25-2017
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KR (3.9)
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  1. MTeodoro
    MTeodoro· Sep 13, 2022 05:47 PM
    Nice list Fellow clear.png
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  2. Pando
    Pando· Jan 20, 2023 10:00 AM
    Hmm it's a good list for beginners that's all I could really say but if you're an experienced reader you would have read 90% of these novels and as I was reading all the mini-reviews I'm afraid I have to disagree with the creator like it's not a bad list it's just that we have different opinions. Most of my favourite novels ended up being on the bottom of the list and the novels I found to be the most generic and uninteresting were at the top. And after a bit of trying to understand what's wrong with the creator, I understood that he doesn't understand what good writing is and for the lack of a better word a "normie".
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    • Pando
      Pando· Jan 20, 2023 10:01 AM
      Also props to the creator for sharing his opinion no offence clear.png
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    • Epythymy
      Epythymy· Author · Jan 30, 2023 06:03 PM

      Wdym what's wrong with the creator? Lol

      First of all, wns are a read purely for fun. You don't rate novels by their literary value. NU is also not a website of literature contests.

      Enjoying convoluted poorly written plots full of plot holes and fillers doesn't make ur 'tastes' more refined.

      99% of wns were never edited and authors mainly pursue word count. They are also rushing in order to write more ASAP. Because of this most of the complex novels have a ton of problems.

      So I have no idea what you're talking about.

      Maybe as a true 'elite' reader you should broaden ur horizons a bit so that you wouldn't be impressed all that much by useless complexity for the sake of it and info dumps.

      Although it looks like our tastes and opinions differ, I still appreciate the feedback though!

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    • DuckyBertDuck
      DuckyBertDuck· Jan 9, 2024 04:46 PM
      Pretty sure this list isnt sorted (maybe a little but some things are out of place)
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  3. Despapa69
    Despapa69· Sep 10, 2022 12:23 PM

    Overall a good list. All the novels had their own mini reviews and ratings making it nice to read.

    The novels themselves have quite a large variety. I've read only a few on here though I might try the others you've recommended. 

    What did you not like about Reverend Insanity? Though I love the novel, I do recognise there are some glaring flaws with it. I'd like to hear more on what you would comment on it.

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    • Epythymy
      Epythymy· Author · Sep 10, 2022 10:45 PM

      I've tried to create a topic about RI on NUF some time ago. If you're interested you can read it.

      https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/reverend-insanity-is.139837/

      Although I've created this thread mostly for fun, people's obsession with RI is really a mystery to me.

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    • Despapa69
      Despapa69· Sep 12, 2022 04:34 PM
      @Epythymy I feel like the thread has asked or pointed out what I would have. 

      I'd just like to add that RI is probably loved, one due to the nature of the main character though I see you wish a main character to follow the stereotype on what an extremely evil villain would be but that's been elaborated in the thread.

      Secondly, the power system of the world though can be coarsely summed up as 'Cultivation Pokemon', the overall way its built upon and how the core mechanics on how it works are fleshed up makes it enjoyable compared to a different novel where it goes the generic 'Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, etc...'

       

      In your thread, you mentioned some 'planet sized plotholes' though all of them are answerable and some have even been answered by the novel itself. Among other things though going into each of your points and why they're wrong would take way too long so if you want that just mention it.

      You're not obligated to like a novel since freedom of choice is a thing, but RI is genuinely a unique and creative piece of writing so it being done dirty just makes me feel confounded, but it is what is is.

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  4. Epythymy
    Epythymy· Author · Sep 5, 2022 10:18 AM
    As there wasn't enough space in list's description I will add some things that I wanted to say but couldn't here: 

    1. Everything that I've written in my list contains nothing but my personal biased opinion. You can skip all this BS and it will not affect anything.  It's basically an expansion/rework of my previous reading list.
     
    2. Less popular/questionable, or simply novels that I've liked less (and some new ones) will be in the next part of this list.

    3. My tastes are pretty normal (or so I think). As long as it's not yaoi/shounen-ai, MC isn't a complete ret*rd and isn't a beta wimp - I will read it. Also, I don't read MTL-like quality translations. So if your requirements are similar to mine you can basically read any novel here. 

    4. At first, 'Mini Review' section was simply a place for me to comment/point out something, but as I've spent more and more time creating this list, it's mutated into something strange and uncontrollable. At times I also needed to point out some particular Tags/Genre for different stories and that's how 'Main Tags' line was created. But it will look strange (IMO) if I don't add it for every novel, right? 

    So in the end I've created a certain pattern and simply put it under every novel on my list. 

    Well, you can see the result...  

    5. Even if my attitude in 'not-so-mini-review' looks negative it just means that I was being grumpy while I was writing it, not that the said novel is bad or unreadable. 

    Hmmm... That's it for now, I guess. I will appreciate some feedback though. Whether you find my list useful or you have other suggestions just write it here.
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