one-time reads

one-time reads
Novels that I read once and enjoyed but don't plan to reread again/reread often for reasons (reasons may be explained later). In no particular order (but it's probably alphabetical)
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Created: Mar 9th, 2025, Updated: Apr 23rd, 2025
Created Mar 9th, 2025
Updated Apr 23rd, 2025
CN (4.3)
105 Chapters Every 38.3 Day(s) 3219 Readers 20 Reviews 11-27-2023
CN (4.4)
456 Chapters Every 66.3 Day(s) 7287 Readers 68 Reviews 10-15-2022
Succeeds in being the only horror danmei that actually scared me/gave me an existential crisis, but also has really slow pacing at the start
CN (4.4)
119 Chapters Every 18.7 Day(s) 1200 Readers 5 Reviews 09-17-2024
Since it's a slow mystery novel, it's hard to read again with its pace. However at the speed I read it at the first time,... more>>
CN (4.5)
214 Chapters Every 49.3 Day(s) 7360 Readers 84 Reviews 08-14-2023
One of the few qt novels I was able to read till the end (I think I hate the genre itself tho)
CN (4.6)
81 Chapters Every 54.8 Day(s) 3551 Readers 73 Reviews 03-29-2023
KR (4.7)
211 Chapters Every 50.2 Day(s) 9869 Readers 89 Reviews 06-12-2023
I've actually read this over five times but you know how it is..........
CN (4.5)
0 Chapters Every 2179 Day(s) 8579 Readers 40 Reviews 07-05-2019
CN (4.6)
161 Chapters Every 45.3 Day(s) 4054 Readers 38 Reviews 12-02-2024
V slow pacing, but the detail that goes into the voice acting and the community is great
CN (4.7)
220 Chapters Every 67.9 Day(s) 8084 Readers 72 Reviews 01-25-2023
This is the type of novel you leave going “hell yeah baby I know the law now” and posture confidently in front of your Ace Attorney game until you eventually realize it didn’t help you at all and you have to scuttle off to search up the answers online with your tail tucked between your legs. I’m lying btw never played an AA game in my life... more>>
CN (4.5)
123 Chapters Every 113.1 Day(s) 12723 Readers 94 Reviews 04-10-2025
From what I remember, this one is really slow at the start, but I liked the found family vibes
CN (4.5)
0 Chapters Every 1675 Day(s) 7705 Readers 104 Reviews N/A
CN (4.7)
152 Chapters Every 50.4 Day(s) 11520 Readers 165 Reviews 07-06-2024
CN (4.7)
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71 Chapters Every 27.1 Day(s) 12462 Readers 279 Reviews 09-04-2024
One of those 'time travel and everything is connected' type of stories that has you trying to make a corkboard at 3am
CN (4.6)
37 Chapters Every 8.5 Day(s) 8450 Readers 105 Reviews 03-13-2025
Accidentally signed up to work for the devil bc of the work benefits? Who even f*cking cares! Congrats, your new coworkers are all dead ppl :)... more>>
KR (4.6)
85 Chapters Every 94.1 Day(s) 24789 Readers 466 Reviews 06-05-2025
Belongs to the first batch of wns I started reading and therefore holds a special place in my heart. To me I consider this wn... more>>
CN (4.6)
170 Chapters Every 26.5 Day(s) 11729 Readers 102 Reviews 05-16-2025
Political intrigue enemies to lovers. Had me using two different relationship charts as references to keep track of all the characters. Still miffed they had... more>>
CN (4.7)
66 Chapters Every 87.2 Day(s) 6209 Readers 96 Reviews 12-01-2021
Prison warden x prisoner. Tone is p light (in my memory), with a mystery underlying the entire story. Has an interesting cast
CN (4.6)
CN (4.6)
72 Chapters Every 91 Day(s) 13715 Readers 117 Reviews 06-30-2022
A rare setting of historical steampunk
CN (4.5)
64 Chapters Every 31.3 Day(s) 1966 Readers 26 Reviews 03-09-2024
This one's unique enough that you should read it once based on premise alone. Features an emperor mc, a crossdressing ml, and multiple transmigrators
CN (4.6)
115 Chapters Every 29.8 Day(s) 2591 Readers 38 Reviews 04-15-2024
CN (4.7)
27 Chapters Every 82.1 Day(s) 27801 Readers 562 Reviews 06-06-2025
This one's good, the flashback scenes are just too long
CN (4.4)
250 Chapters Every 9.3 Day(s) 2235 Readers 15 Reviews 04-02-2025
This novel is equivalent to Born to Be Rebellious in my head for some reason. One of the few stories where a system is actually... more>>
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  1. Minmin99
    Minmin99· Mar 19, 2025 12:50 PM
    Trying to wrap my mind around the fact that Debut or Die is here despite you rereading it multiple times... 
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    • codecode
      codecode· Author · Mar 19, 2025 05:50 PM
      The rec is more for other ppl to try to read it at least once lmao. Also, the rereads were when I had brain worms
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