Mainly novels about MCs reincarnating/transmigrating to the past, whether in their own body or different person to change their life using their future knowledge.... more>>

Focuses more on kingdom building, military history, and financial markets.

*Alternate history  <<less

The best of the best (imo) danmei out of all the danmei I’ve ever read before.... more>>

I would give all of these a 5/5. <<less

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Somebody recently asked for recommendations and I couldn't come up with anything so this is for future reference.... more>>

Will include anything not modern  <<less

danmei novels in ancient settings with historical elements, some with themes of empire building and/or political schemes, conspiracies, palace intrigues, war strategies, etc. 

BL novel with that revolves around ancient time period or Old time period and have Historical elements like kingdom, war and politics.... more>>

PS: Historical and Ancient time period in here refer to any time period when technology like today wasn't there.  <<less

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I read and enjoyed these. Historical & fantasy novels. Rebirth, transmigration, xianxia, politics, and so on.

This list has novels that focuses on political intrigue regarding throne ascension, harem intrigue with tons of drama.... more>>

Forego your modern sensibilities to truly enjoy some stories from this era otherwise the sexism, underage-ness of things will just enrage you. Not all of them are like that, but there are some novels that try to immerse themselves in that situation. <<less

- Korean edition... more>>

- For those who fan of pure angsty,tragedy,sad romance and full of misunderstanding troupe <<less

-Korean novel edition... more>>

-FL didn't end up with a tr*sh dude

-A new better ML <<less

Finished Novels

Mainly strong female characters with brains, beautiful leads, power play or intrigue, good plot and world building. I do have soft spots for handsome men... more>> and handsome female leads. Sometimes with a dash of fantasy, but almost all the time historical. Not in any order. <<less

Love reading BL with historical elements ? Romance? Enemies to lovers? Political plots ? Fantasy? ... more>>

Well these are things which I specifically love , so I hope you'll find them to your liking !! <<less

My favorite non-romance historical political/fantasy novels♡ 

When I say quality, I mean it was enjoyable to read.... more>>

Not every novel in this list will be a Fan TL’er with good diction. But it will at least be readable. 

Every novel in this list I have read from start to finish and liked enough to add it to this list and would recommend to friends  <<less

Welcome to the second installment of this list! Honestly, this is the last version to finally attain a "Part 2," mostly because I'm not a big fan of ancient/cultivation settings (as you all already know).  But I do like this genre because it makes me think; court schemes and palace intrigue are my jam. Lately, however, I've been really liking the transmigration ones where the MC is trying to not get himself killed. ... more>>

Here are a few things to note if you are new to my lists.

- I have also included BL novels that have high expectations from me. The higher the expectations, the higher the stars. Hence, "***, **, *."

- I have not read all the novels on this list YET. All read novels are on part 1 with the according reviews. I made this list so I could have something visual to look at when looking for good-quality novels to read. I judge "good quality novels" by seeming reviews and ratings or perhaps the book has an interesting premise you don’t usually find.

- I don't like looking at the rating of the novel when there are barely any reviews. Thus I look at the reviews. If the reviews (even scarce) like it, it has potential. Thus, FME indicates that a novel has been added regardless of NU rating. FME doesn't stand for anything, but if you want it to stand for something... I dunno, make up something. The best I have is For My Entertainment. 

Enjoy!! I try my best with these lists, but no worries if you don't like everything. <<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

These are totally loved, must reads 

i need to clear my bookmarks... more>>

includes [almost any genre except for gl and apocalypse]:

- mlm

- flm

- tragedy (bcs i love to hurt myself) 

- slice of life

- smut

- brainrot dogfood

- historical xianxia and politics

- modern day 

untranslated novels not on this website will be in the comment section

Pt 2 of my list: https://www.novelupdates.info/viewlist/70987/ <<less

Cultivation and historical settings, mostly (also has transmigration too)... I'm sorry for lumping the genres in one list but I hope this helps!

Novels that took place in Ancient Times without the reincarnation/transmigration recipe. 

This list has novels that focuses on political intrigue regarding throne ascension, harem intrigue with tons of drama.... more>>

Forego your modern sensibilities to truly enjoy some stories from this era otherwise the sexism, underage-ness of things will just enrage you. Not all of them are like that, but there are some novels that try to immerse themselves in that situation. <<less