contains a mix of genre, just adding novels I've read and found it memorable.

Vanilla | Bongao Translations, all translations are hosted in scribblehub, no coins, no paywalled chapters

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This list will mainly contain Korean Web novels, as I mainly gravitate towards those but there's Japanese WN/LN too. I personally recommend u to try reading this novels, if you like fantasy, great world building, likeable characters, and most importantly an interesting plot! There shall be no harem in this list, so rest assured and happy reading! ... more>>

PS. Some of the novels in this list is still on going. So i might remove them if i find the story failed to satisfy me. <<less

Might be related to war, defense, offense, of a country or a place. Historical. No harem.

It's mostly novels I read and had a favorable view of. I try to add novels of all genres. ... more>>

There are also novels I dropped midway but liked it enough to add here. 

Most of the novels here are rated 4.0 and above.

# This list is completed. <<less

Farming, Livestock, Poultry 

Stuff I really liked, and would support. Depending on that month's budget.... more>>

Not in any particular order. All Japanese, because I haven't yet looked into Chinese or Korean stuff. One foreign culture at a time.  Many genres, ranging from profound to banal, from cute and fluffy to full-on chuuni.

List created in May 2024, probably won't bother to remove titles if and when they're licensed. Also, not comprehensive or definitive. <<less

Farming, family raising, and face slapping.... more>>

Been looking at my rec list and realize I never made a list for the three Fs.

Funny how many of these are from my "Complete and Will Recommend" list. <<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. ... 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

A list containing novels with female mc's.

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Female MCs I’ve enjoyed reading without too much focus on romance. If it’s not completed on here, I either read the MTL or the translation’s... more>> online somewhere, both of which tells you how much I liked it. Please recommend anything that’s been finished translation wise, thanks! Genres span a lot, but MC has goals outside of romance or is a baddie. <<less

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Stories of people focussed on creating and/or maintaining a kingdom or any industry (usually businesses). Most often they become influencial.... more>>

 Some may have romance, others it's not a focus at all. <<less

A really good kingdom building book isn't really about simple making bigger buildings. It's about improving the lives of the people the MC cares about... more>> around them and in doing so improving a nation. There's this heart felt way of doing it so that's what I want out of these books. Some of them do have harems but the female characters are done in such a way that they are fully develop human beings and it's classy or I just enjoyed it. It's really hard to find kingdom or development books like that in this space so I wanted to highlight them when I found it. <<less

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*RECOMMENDED!! MUST READ.
*I'm Sharing my list, for those who like this kind of setting, genre! :) 
*not in any particular order... more>>

*list include: done reading, Currently reading and dropped but will read again since not all chapters are translated (tried MTL) 

*Will add more

*MOSTLY BL

*PRIMITIVE

*ANCIENT

*MODERN

*ABO

*APOCALYPSE

*REBIRTH

*TIME TRAVEL

*TRANSMIGRATION

Note: I also added Stories not available in NU on the comment section below :) they are easy to read.  <<less

I am tired of reading novels that people say has no romance and it proceeds to have romance. I don’t care if its a subplot or it doesn’t focus on it, its f*cking romance wth. ... more>>

I will add some KR novels in the desc that aren't avaible on NU as well. There's only one, I might add more later. 

The Idol Who Came Back From Hell/지옥에서 돌아온 아이돌

Please suggest stories to add! Also, if you do, if you want please give a short summary of anything about it so I can add it as a desc.  <<less

This list is subjective, based on my preferences in analyzing novels as a whole, such as aspects: characterization of characters, world building, plot and other... more>> aspects. <<less

Note: I will put untranslated recommendations in the comment section!... more>>

For recommending female protagonists that don't immediately lower their IQ and EQ when a (ML) man enters the picture. Strong is also used somewhat lightly. This recommendation list will be more geared towards female leads who's actions/words are pivotal in the story. Due to the landscape of light novels with female protagonists, this list will not be completely romance free, but stories recommended will either be slow romance or the story itself will not pivot around the male lead's actions/story.

Order added as I recall them. Some I haven't read in a while so my thoughts aren't necessarily accurate. If you have a recommendation, please leave a comment of what I should try out! <<less

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 Romance, Comedy, Action, Horror - all my favourite female MCs. The list is not sorted 

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