i have read more than two hundred novels on this site. lot of them were pretty meh, there were some entertaining tr*sh novels and there were... more>> some that were truly great. even if think these novels really great it doesn't make them faultless so keep that in mind. <<less

List in no particular order of the best Chinese novels set in Ancient China. With palace entrigue, political scheming and surviving the inner court. Well-rounded and sometimes morally ambiguous main characters, who grow and develop along their partners.... more>>

-All these novels have been completely translated

- BG BL GL all included.

-List will continuously be in the making, if you find any other novels like the ones listed below, do recommend (Though I've read almost all of them). Keep in mind, that only the novels with completed translations will be added in the list. <<less

Personal picks for kingdom building novels.

Finance. Military. Politics. Kingdoms.... more>>

Currently obsessed with reading these kinda stuff. No harem. No romance. <<less

Novelas de diferentes géneros que son increíbles, al menos desde mi punto de vista.

The list contains the best novels that I read in terms of pleasure, not quality. The novels may be okay, but I prefer them... more>>

After the first place, the order is considered random

I will start documenting my observations about it. They may not be accurate due to the long time that has passed since I read novels years ago. Nevertheless, they serve as a summary of my experience with them. I might attempt to organize them from best to least preferred as well.
"I also do not speak English, so please overlook some spelling errors. I only use translation."

I Have An Impenetrable Fortress IHIF <<less

Novels with a focus on kingdom politics and world building. Sorted by rank. 

Just novels that I've liked. Mostly story driven with minimal romance.

I have re-read some of them and still enjoy them

Been in a hunt for similar premise ever since I read that novel, so here we go

Collection of kingdom buildings that  I read or intend to read till the end 

Not sorted  ranking,

MC has an extraordinary journey, as ordinary people to become the ruler of a country or organization. Only one female protagonist or at least no... more>> more than two girlfriends, many little brothers, kingdom and empire, knight and soldier, experimental object and s*ave, master and disciple, god and demon, and so on. <<less

This contains the dropped parts of the main list, All Novels I've Read Sorted By Rating! It was reaching the max limit so I've moved the stories l dropped 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.  I didn't bother to ranked the dropped stories because I don't want to waste brainpower on that. So if I didn't give a rating, I won't sort it.

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

List of novels in my To Read list for my favourite trope, rags to riches! To my best guess anyway since I haven't read them XD. Also usually slice of life. I also put in some untranslated novels from some favourite poor to rich authors from the jjwxc website that I desperately hope someone would translate in the comments T.T... more>>

I'll also put what made me want to pick the story up. Just be warned that I will delete the story from the list after I've read so the list will frequently change. I like to view the cover art of the book, and be able to see a lot of novel details on the list in one place instead of having to click to the web novel page. I also include any translation detail like where to find them if they aren't on novelupdates so I can read the whole story without getting stuck halfway because of no translations. Not in any particular order but I try to put similar novels, either in expected tropes or vibes together. And the incompleted ones at the back.  Recommendations are very welcome! <<less

BL novels where there is a focus on creating infrastructure!

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. All in one spot. ... more>>

The bottom of the list that are my lower rated and unranked/dropped novels, I have moved to a new list "All Novels I've Read Sorted By Rating (3.7 Stars & Below + Dropped)" due to a list only having a max of 100. In the future, this will be basically my Top 100 list. The others will be from ranked 101 onwards. 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.

PS: Sorry that some reviews aren't as detailed. The ones with no Date Read and only an overall rating, I hadn't used my new system yet. So they may be at not the precise order but what can you do -.-' <<less

All about farming, kingdom building, good foods- + romance. This type of novels you won't get tired of reading and makes me hungry asf.

This is a list of all the kingdom building novels I have read over the years.  To be clear, this list can include building a... more>> town, army, clan, or other forms that fit the kingdom building concept.  I will give some quick thoughts, how far I have read, and a rating so far. <<less

Novels which are still in MTL (high-readability, guaranteed minimum brain cell mortality) and not yet translated:... more>>

- Bulgarian Empire (same author of Holy Roman Empire)
- Holy Roman Empire (60 chapters translated, the rest just go to MTL, high quality MTL is the reason translators didn't bother to translate it in the first place)
- Rise of Rurik (thank you Zurdonx for recommendation)
(More will be updated later) <<less

Any recommendations are very welcome! All the family/village/kingdom building poor to rich, wealth making business type of stories I've read because this is one of... more>> my favourite tropes of all time! Including any business management! (Just discovered there is a tag for it haha) Its just that usually its not done very well or only the kingdom building is good and the characters and scaling is so bad its not enjoyable to read anymore. The stories included will have things like improving the quality of life of the village/kingdom, introducing modern advancements into an ancient/medieval culture type of place. And with likeable characters to keep you going. I'll only include the novels where I read 100% of it or most of it. Probably won't include any dropped novels. <<less

Are you interested in reading novels with a great plot and have no romance or harem? ... more>>

Then, this is the place you are looking for! I can guarantee you that the novel in this recommendation list is what you are looking for!

Also, if you want, you can also follow this list for more new stories that will be added here in the future! 

Btw, you can also recommend to me a shounen story without romance and harem in the comment section if you want. <<less

Amazing reads that wil stay with u forever. Enjoy!!

No description.

Any kind of influence building like kingdom, clan ,buisness, gang,  secret organisation, etc, is considered.... more>>

Novels aren't ranked, so ignore the ranking.

Novels outside Novelupdates-

Chosen of the Endless One [Kingdom Building]

Horizon of War [Kingdom Building | No LIT | No Harem]

Fodder

Castle Kingside (Rewrite)

Enlightened Empire

Last Life by Alexey Osadchuk

Destiny's Crucible

I Became The Pope, Now What? - Misterimmortal

Legend of the Arch Magus Series by Michael Sisa

The Innkeeper - Lifesketcher <<less