Novels with interesting relationships between the characters that doesn’t focus on romance. 

Actually not all of them are subordinates, It’s  mostly about people tormented by a highly capable but utterly insane individual or in other words it’s... more>> just MC traumatizing his friends. <<less

Stories that take the "found" part of found family stories a little more literally than others.

This is the best trope, the trope of all tropes. If you have any recs, please leave comments. Enjoy!

I will not explain why I liked the books (you can read them yourself for that).
I will write what made me deduct the points. Why?
Becoz I have an opinion and you are free enough to listen. ... more>>

Ps- These books are the ones that made me want to talk about them to someone. You my buddy are fortunately that someone. <<less

The story is set in the 50s to 90s

This is a list i've created for all the danmei I've read and rated highly (4 and 5 ⭐️) ... more>>

I also wrote my thoughts and comments on each one of them for an added bonus! (Some are more comprehensive than others because those stories I've read recently). <<less

 I'm a mentally ill person, and i kinda enjoy reading stories in which the characters are injured, torn, pulverized, bleed, suffocation, have close to death experience (or maybe really die), all kinds of tortures, sacrifices, physical, psychological and emotional damaged , and has a past full of trauma; and they find a family and a home ; Maybe I just enjoy torturin myself, who knows?  Anyway if you're looking for those kind of stories then this list may help:>... more>>

Stories include Cold ml/fl which are only good to mc will be mark by ☆☆☆

 and those one with tsundere will be mark by ♡

Some rec that are not in novel update:

No home (webtoon)
A joyfull life( gl, manhwa)
Assassins' class(anime)
To your eternity(manga +anime)
Dam of the forest(manhwa)
The evil ring(manhua)
Save me roommate(bl, manhwa) <<less

usually male MCs with no romance/harems (or it's not the main focus)... more>>

action, fantasy, historical, modern, etc. <<less

Novels with themes of found family and friendship. Loyal subordinates and bromance also included. Strictly no romance or harems. Mostly male MCs.

all my comfort novels, guilty pleasure, masterpieces of fiction combined

FL who suprisingly had a guest from the future, maybe husband or children.... more>>

p.s pls recommend me more story like this! <<less

probably in no particular order. these aren't all the child raising novels I've read, these are the ones I have or could see myself going... more>> back to because they get stuck in my mind <<less

 stories with no harem, no romance, no ecchi, no hentai. Just bromance and Queerbaiting are allowed. 

Novels I greatly enjoyed.

Coming from a very picky person 

These novels either have mc with a team, loyal subordinates, master-student, or bromance. They’ll mostly be male mc but I will throw in a couple... more>> female mc too. Most will be non romance but I will add bl/Romance if they give good screentime to mcs team/friends and isn’t a reverse harem.  <<less

No description.

These people need therapy

Novels that have, unfortunately or fortunately, made me cry reading them.... more>>

The pattern you'll find is family/found family or death, whether by experience or through conversations. Conflicts related to family or things such as disappointment, rejection, or an overall heartfelt/heart wrenching topic is included. Deaths that happened because of how tragic it is, how unfair i perceived it to be, or the general situation of it is included.

I'll attempt to put stories including (albeit uncommon) romance near the bottom since its usually a gamble if its found family. i can also cry to romances, mb that theres some BL... Ill try to find GL novels...

There are novels that don't necessarily follow the above and are most related things like mental health or anguish. So they wont necessarily be found family/friendship in a way even if they have elements of it. I can't exactly quantity everything that makes me cry.
There are also novels that are below 4 stars. I actually do sift out novels that have made me cry but arent actually that incredible of a story. So this list plays as both a catalogue of what made me cry and of what I found is recommendable. (Literally all the novels that i wrote more than a paragraph on cause im trying to convince ppl to read it)

My shame(?) list
Honorable mention: Children of the Holy Emperor , Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work

collected under "Good novels I did not cry to" now <<less

Most of then will have no romance or romance as a sub plot. Mostly focusing on found family and bromance. Mostly self sacrificial MC. The... more>> list is not in the order of ranking. Just adding something which I really enjoyed reading and wouldn't hesitate to read it again <<less

Novels/series that I've read and been obsessed with ever since. Mainly novels with found-family, cause I absolutely love this trope

Unforgettable reading experiences. Literally shaped me.  (Will slowly add to)

Yes, some are questionable, but they're feel-good stories!!

This is a collection of books I’ve read on Novel Updates. The top books are ranked (and in order of ranking) and the rest after... more>> that are similar in ranking to each other. There are a variety of genres, horror, comedy, romance, etc. (also I don’t like super scary so the horror ones aren’t too scary!) Some cute tropes, found family, childhood friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, etc. All novels are completed with completed translation as well.  <<less