At least one protagonist, or important character, must be a known historical figure. Female protagonist. I welcome suggestions in the comments!

Thousands of chapters or just over a hundred, Historical, Supernatural or Slice of Life, face-slapping and heartwarming stories, dramatic and comedic — this collection will have them all.

BG romance cnovels. ... more>>

Includes a variety of genres from modern to xianxia. Not a big fan of transmigration/system/rebirth novels so you won't see a lot of those here unless they're real gems!  <<less

This list has been carefully curated by selecting novels that interest me to read in 2025. Hence, this is my Novel Updates reading list for the sweet year ahead, 2025.... more>>

Update: So, the final count of the novels is 37 in this reading list. Yay! What's yours? <<less

Chinese novels to Chinese drama series adaptation. Historical and Modern—all genres. BG only.

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bonne histoire, drame, historique, xianxia, ​​​​​​​​surnaturel, moderne, 

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Lists of novels that were adopted to dramas

BG romance with capable female protagonist, or female protagonist stories with no romance. I really dislike ditzy romance heroines who are more interested in their outfits than beating up s*umbags (you know, those kind of dodder flower heroines who need to wait for their hero to come save them). So this is a list exclusively for just strong female leads. Mostly Korean rofan, rebirth/return, action, transmigration, isekai or transported into book type genres. ... more>>

You can try checking out this forum post, where other people listed a bunch of Chinese strong FL recs that I didn't read yet (I also listed a few with only webtoon or manhua versions): https://www.novelupdatesforum.com/threads/have-you-read.181735/ <<less

This is the second part of Chinese Novels with unique plot that differs from others! Most of them contain fluffy to angst stories, often with... more>> thousands chapters or even less than ten chapters. <<less

aired • filmed but not yet aired • currently filming/shooting • rumored (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)... more>>

i will put the title on the description! :) <<less

Anything I enjoyed and will read again w/reviews (mildly coherent rambling)

Asian novels I have to read!

of novels. I hope you guys enjoy these stories!

Recently I have been back into my Chinese drama phase and I have noticed how many of my favorite novels have been adapted to drama so here we go listing all the source novels for these dramas. ... more>>

I will also mention some dramas that are upcoming or yet to be broadcasted those would be specified too.

Every drama mentioned here has been subbed in English.

To know the legal sites to watch these dramas I will be mentioning which all are available on YouTube(most dramas are available to watch for free only Iqiyi dramas need VIP to watch the rest of the episodes ) mostly it will be Iqiyi , Youku , Tencent (WeTv) , Mango channel , Hunan TV (all these channels are there on YouTube )otherwise some of them are available in Viki or Netflix to know alternative legal streaming sites please check My drama list .  com 

Also for Iqiyi you will have to pay memberships fees to watch dramas after the first 2 free episodes.

If you guys do like the list and want more of these in the future please do like , follow and comment below Thank you

Any other additions to this list are welcomed. <<less

Have read in Novelupdates; 2021 and before. 

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These are the list of the novels that I've already read , is reading and will read that have live action and/or anime adaptation. 

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This is not in order...... more>>

Slow update... <<less

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Tragedies that leave an empty feeling after reading.... more>>

Some makes you cry your heart 
Some makes your feel sad
Some just leaves a void

Comment below, if you know such more novels  <<less

Stories that I've read With okay plot with  okay storylines. Not too gpod nor too bad, just passable. ... more>>

Its just my thoughts tho!! Not that these novels are bad, it just that it didn't match my vibe, that excites me or just say like no my type of read or usual read. But since I've read them and feel like it would be a lost if i didn't recommend or make a list since its too good to let it be..... if that make sense!? 

Anyway hope you Enioy reading if you came across this. <<less

As the list name says