Your welcome. For each novel, I only included my reading status and the number of heroines who love the protagonist because spoilers are bad, so feel free to PM me if you want to know the heroines' names or more deets.... more>>

For posterity, my criteria for what constitutes harem are as follows:
1. the official novelupdates definition for harem (https://www.novelupdates.info/genre-explanation/): A series involving one male character and many female characters (usually attracted to the male character). A Reverse Harem is when the genders are reversed.
2. the female characters must be important, as in exist for more than one or two chapters, so no NPCS!
3. the female characters must have *romantic* affection for the MC
4. Whether or not the MC reciprocates does NOT matter, see criterion 1 <<less

In these novels, the protagonists usually run their own business (food, company building, gaming, finance, stock market etc etc). It can also be an empire building, fantacy you know. If you like such a concept this is for you. ... more>>

• it's not in particular order.  <<less

I know the great majority of jobs (if relevant) in Yuri are either an actress or a CEO/Royalty, and while that can be grand in leading to romantic encounters or blah-blah-blah, they kinda merge after a while. So! Here's a list of GL (And some of my thoughts on them, teehee) where at least one of the gals has an uncommon job in yuri.... more>>

If you've got suggestions feel free to pop in with em <<less

Danmei I've read. Wish I can read em' for the first time again ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ 

You have hereby caused an explosion in the hyperfixation section of my brain. Enter with caution!

Hero? who wants to do that?

Here you can find Slice of life, Transmigrated, Rebirth, Apocalypse, Interstellar, Farming, Cooking, Cultivation, Entertainment, High school, ect. I only read HE novels. Dog blood novels are not my cup of tea.... more>>

Ps. You may also find some bittersweet stories in here too but don’t worry as I said I can’t handle heavy blooded novels much. So these will just give you a nice roller coaster ride.  <<less

Slice of life stories that focuses on making money and living prosperously. Usually includes farming, cooking, or business management. Will also include Ger ('men' that... more>> can also give birth) novels.  <<less

A hodge-podge of novels that I've enjoyed and am up-to-date on. Minimal R-18 or brain-dead content!

Mix of B/G and BL, genre mix (some historical, modern and sci-fi)... more>>

Not masterpieces but easy everyday reads, feels like passing day by day with the characters. No particular order or ranking.

* for guilty pleasure re-reads. <<less

The ranking does not matter , haven't read them all, some of them are randomly picked, scroll and select. 

This contains the bottom of the main list, All Novels I've Read Sorted
By Rating! It was reaching the max limit so I've moved the stories rated
3.7 Stars here.... more>>

I have made a review and rating for every novel I've read on
novelupdates. Since they don't have the user friendly capability of
sorting a user's read list by rank I made one for myself ordered by
best/enjoyed the most to least. The ranking within the same number of
stars may not be right because it is usually from different genres, too
different to compare with each other haha. 

The other weaker alternative is the Reviews section in my profile but it
can only be sorted by likes and date of review not by rank. The reason I
want to put my rating and reviews straight in the list is because you
can't search for a specific user's review in the novel page if there are
too many reviews. You will have to search one by one. Its easier to
straight up  see why I put the novel in a particular list plus my review
in the list itself. Sigh, novelupdates is really not user friendly. <<less

[Fantasy Genre + Customer Service + Farming + No Harem]

Food related theme of translated novels

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check out the 1st part here: https://www.novelupdates.info/viewlist/75550/... more>>

masterlist of novels that focuses on food, farming & cooking!! (no novels ≤ 3.5☆) <<less

List is not in order.... more>>

Compilations of all the 40-90s novels I'm currently reading and already done reading. <<less

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Well I have done a fare share of reading of romance and harem novel but I think that’s not really my cup of tea so this list are for those who are just like me.... more>>

But before starting let me tell you there will be few books added here which I have not completely finished reading. I will mention it.

Fact about this reading list is that all the book added here will be completed because I personally only read completed novels. 

Secondly, I will keep on updating this list though it will take time <<less

Most of these novels contain beastmen, animal transformations, mpreg, infrastructure building, and transmigration. I tend to avoid systems in these type of novels, so there... more>> won’t be as much of those compared to normal primitive setting BL novels. <<less

all about farming, cooking, ger, open shop, living an ordinary life in a country side, develop business, infrastructure, etc 

Hi, Sewashi here or you can call me Goldfish, or Avy. Anything is fine. You would find me translating Chinese novels in this list. Mostly,... more>> I will be translating Ancient China-themed, Farming, or Cooking-related novels as those are what I love to read. So if you're like me,  then what can I say? You're welcome! ;) <<less

All novels where the protag is Extremely Good At Cooking For Some Reason, whether or not it actually has Plot Significance. Its such a specific... more>> thing i see SO OFTEN that I needed a place to keep track of all these chef-fy protags. Title inspired by that one lil jon remix (you know the one). When I have enough Weirdly Good At Cooking Romantic Leads, I'll put them in a separate list :) Novels I've 100% read will have a review and they are listed in no particular order! <<less

"For anyone looking to escape into a simpler time: slice-of-life stories where characters find themselves transported to the past, embracing relaxing fun, gentle routines, and... more>> healing moments along the way." <<less

BL all about cooking, farming, crafting, and making a warm and cozy life for yourself! Some are modern, some are ancient, a lot are transmigration - all of them will make you wish you could quit your job, make everything by hand, and live a rustic life like these husbands. Nara Smith who????... more>>

[List will be updated as I find more novels I like!] <<less