2023 New Favorite Novels

2023 New Favorite Novels
✨New year = new novels ✨ as well as my to-be-reads with good ratings. Happy reading ;)

Rating:  ❤️❤️❤️ To-die-for     ❤️❤️ Greatly entertaining                       ❤️ Enjoyable 

Mostly historical novels but also a few post-apocalyptic ones.

For more, my all times "Best historical novels" list is here: https://www.novelupdates.info/viewlist/19039/
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Created: Jan 4th, 2023, Updated: Nov 26th, 2023
Created Jan 4th, 2023
Updated Nov 26th, 2023
CN (4.4)
0 Chapters Every 1336 Day(s) 4191 Readers 114 Reviews N/A
Smart, cold and determined Mc. Btw, blandest title possible for one of the best modern rebirth story I’ve read. The author has a beautiful grasp... more>>
CN (4.3)
100 Chapters Every 47.9 Day(s) 5756 Readers 71 Reviews 12-08-2023
❤️❤️❤️ Ok, this is clearly not historical but contrary to what the title, synopsis and cover would make you think, this novel is a little gem.... more>>
CN (3.7)
87 Chapters Every 9.7 Day(s) 753 Readers 8 Reviews 07-18-2025
Tbr: Male MC + Female regent
CN (4.4)
100 Chapters Every 81.8 Day(s) 2922 Readers 18 Reviews 01-21-2024
❤️❤️❤️❤️Yesss!!! A translator finally picked back up one of my favorite novels here!❤️❤️❤️❤️
CN (4)
148 Chapters Every 49.4 Day(s) 1239 Readers 13 Reviews 02-26-2024
❤️ I’ve been mtl-ing a few chapters everyday for the past couple weeks and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. It’s not the most complex historical novel I’ve read ( a.k.a really slow and simplistic) but the chemistry between the main leads, their emotional growth and care made those 158 chapters an absolutely lovely and tranquil read. Would definitely recommend for those who have the patience ;)... more>>
CN (3.9)
45 Chapters Every 67.3 Day(s) 1281 Readers 17 Reviews 08-27-2024
❤️❤️❤️ For the first 30 chapters... more>>
CN (4.6)
170 Chapters Every 9.9 Day(s) 1945 Readers 15 Reviews 06-02-2025
❤️❤️ For the first 30 chap... more>>
CN (4.1)
240 Chapters Every 8.3 Day(s) 1748 Readers 9 Reviews 06-24-2025
❤️ Finally a translation! Y’all this novel is pure, unadulterated sweeteness!  I read the first few chapters a couple years back and both the MC and the ML where lovely, gentle and caring. A reviewer compared it to the novel "Our Second Master" and on feels, I have to agree. Hopefully it keeps on being translated! MTL is quite easy as well :)... more>>
CN (4.1)
449 Chapters Every 2.3 Day(s) 2722 Readers 25 Reviews 07-28-2025
❤️ ❤️ If you’ve read “ The grand secretary’s pampered wife” and enjoyed it, then this slice-of-life novel is for you. MC wakes up in the body of an overweight, overbearing and pampered, countrygirl of medieval China and decides to make the best of it. ... more>>
CN (4.5)
0 Chapters Every 2137 Day(s) 9573 Readers 147 Reviews N/A
❤️❤️ lighthearted, funny and gentle romance novel. I needed a mood-uplifter and this was perfect. Not much plot, it’s all about the romance and for... more>>
CN (4.1)
263 Chapters Every 0.5 Day(s) 1908 Readers 11 Reviews 07-28-2025
❤️ Amnesia trope. A light and  cute novel mainly thanks to the MC who is lovely and  endearing. ML(s) are … not great but not... more>>
CN (4.3)
133 Chapters Every 25.9 Day(s) 2790 Readers 24 Reviews 05-26-2025
❤️❤️  A real psychotic villain ML + Not-OP MC + rebirth? Now that’s a combo I’m interested in!  A romance novel with a bit of... more>>
CN (4.1)
524 Chapters Every 37.7 Day(s) 2003 Readers 26 Reviews 01-10-2024
❤️Sweet and light business slice-of-life with a resourceful MC, an adorable bun, a hilarious mother-in-law, a supposedly dead husband who should reappear and be the... more>>
CN (4.4)
448 Chapters Every 2 Day(s) 4784 Readers 17 Reviews 07-28-2025
CN (4.2)
137 Chapters Every 39.8 Day(s) 1918 Readers 12 Reviews 09-02-2024
❤️ (half a heart) Light story, set in cultivation world/sect, where both MC and ML are cold, tsunderes and suffer from intended facial paralysis. So... more>>
CN (4.1)
221 Chapters Every 43.7 Day(s) 931 Readers 4 Reviews 11-01-2023
❤️Its from the author of “ In search of love”, one of my favorite novels here!... more>>
CN (4.4)
453 Chapters Every 27.6 Day(s) 2930 Readers 62 Reviews 06-10-2024
❤️ Reminds of the vibe in "To be a virtuous wife". With a  kinder MC & ML but less complexity. Personally, I wasn’t a fan of either. Reborn ML, daughter of the richest merchant  + cold and indifferent ML, a prince. Their relationship was taunt  in the first life. ... more>>
CN (4.3)
134 Chapters Every 53.9 Day(s) 2335 Readers 30 Reviews 06-01-2023
❤️ From the translator who picked “Who cares” and  “ I became the stepmother of my ex-husband” ... more>>
CN (3.8)
79 Chapters Every 61.8 Day(s) 1585 Readers 6 Reviews 10-19-2023
CN (4.5)
413 Chapters Every 10.4 Day(s) 5690 Readers 66 Reviews 02-23-2025
❤️Very light and no brainer novel with a system and fun & sympathetic characters who don’t take themselves too seriously. Plus, there’s  a decent amount... more>>
CN (4.4)
295 Chapters Every 66.9 Day(s) 4085 Readers 30 Reviews 10-29-2022
❤️❤️Prequel to "Let the villain go". It’s first and foremost an exciting action novel set in a post-apocalyptic world with saints and demons. The romance is very much a subplot. The MC is very cool and tough and the ML the gentlest of souls.... more>>
CN (4.5)
228 Chapters Every 83.1 Day(s) 7283 Readers 82 Reviews 03-11-2022
❤️ Super fluffy read! Sequel to "Apocalypse Arrival". I would advise against reading it before AA as it spoils most of its storyline. The romance here reminds me of the one in "Married to the Soft-hearthed Villain". ... more>>
CN (3.8)
81 Chapters Every 19.5 Day(s) 569 Readers 4 Reviews 02-22-2025
Tbr
CN (4.1)
279 Chapters Every 19.8 Day(s) 2529 Readers 22 Reviews 11-14-2024
CN (3.9)
121 Chapters Every 10.3 Day(s) 865 Readers 8 Reviews 04-15-2025
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