really interesting. it’s a lot slower than your typical webnovel. since i just started i’m not too far into the novel, just a couple hundred chapters in, but there’s more than a thousand chapters for me to read. wow. don’t be fooled by the chapter numbers shown on this site, go search up lotm to find the rest. ... more>>

i’m not sure where to rank this yet, since i feel like i haven’t gotten to the really juicy parts yet, but still this ranking is pretty high right from the start

edit: WOW. this deserves number one spot on my list. amazing worldbuilding i have no words honestly 

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With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?

Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian-era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, different machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts…

The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.

Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of “The Fool”. <<less

i read 400+ chapters by reading the korean raws, its just that entertaining! found this while looking for novels similar to debut or die (update: yooo i think someone picked it up to translate lets goo)... more>>

ive written a whole doc about this novel so ill need to shorten it first before i put it one here, but for now just know that this is so good. the mcs amazing, hes offputting and kinda frightening to the other characters, but hilarious to the readers

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[Congratulations, Seo Hoyoon! You have been selected as a player in Nugu Idol Tycoon.]

The bastard PD who everyone criticized has now become an unheard of idol in a parallel world.

The only person who remembers him completely is his brother.

To return to the original world, he must become the number one idol and clear the game!

“…Accept the quest.”

“Are you crazy?”

“Don’t I need to eat well to survive?”

His specialty is blackmailing, his hobby is conciliating.

The idol survival story of the evil PD who sticks to his job no matter what! <<less

i love. the mc doesnt have the mannerisms of a typical idol trainee. he isnt bubbly. hes pretty odd, and the fans find that endearing! ... more>>

and, side note, usually when ppl think of idol novels, debut or die would come up first. its well-known for a reason, so def give this a try!

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A student who was preparing the Civil Service examination for 4th year, suddenly he found himself in an unfamiliar body 3 years ago.

As well as a status window displaying a threat in front of his eyes!

[Outbreak!] [Status Abnormality: ‘Debut or Death’ Occurs!] A diary about the transformation of the main character, who was suddenly challenged to be an idol even though he has never been in the industry before due to sudden threat of death.

※Speciality: He used to take and sell idol’s data. <<less

just by looking at the title, i thought this was gonna be a ripoff of orv, but then i read the summary and got interested enough to try it. i'm so glad i did, this novel is rly good. not related to orv in any way at all! ... more>>

super unique setting, interesting characters, and good worldbuilding, this is def worth a read. its a new concept, and executed spectacularly. try reading the comments left on this novel if still unconvinced!! no serious hints of romance as far as i can tell (harem tag does not make sense atm), and i rly like the mcs interactions with the sole three prisoners left in tantalus. pls give this novel a try!

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I, a mere con artist, was unjustly imprisoned in Tantalus, the Abyssal Prison meant for the most nefarious of criminals, where I met a regressor.

But when I used my ability to read her mind, I found out that I was fated to die in a year... 

and that the world would end 10 years later. <<less

also has a manhwa adaptation! pretty funny, the mc takes on this persona of a cool and slightly odd character, which he isn't actually like at all. so there's some confusion about him before acting and him right now. i love that. i'm slowly starting to get obsessed with this.... more>>

that all started because he didn't realize he got crazy good at acting all of a sudden when he got dragged to an audition bc of a friend, so he was embarrassed and kept his reactions to a minimum. but that made him look like a peculiar stoic genius lol

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I, Kang Woojin, was quitting my design work and became a jobless person. The next day, my friend took me to auditions and I was forced to perform.As i was given a script, the void space appeared in my mind and forced me to relive the character.I got stabbed. Became a serial killer. Became an Exorcist.As I become an actor, the misunderstandings keeps growing day by day. <<less

fun fun fun!! good! i like the novel better than the manhwa adaptation, though.... more>>

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[The Demon King is Dead] is a story in which the Demon King was immediately killed off in the Prologue.

And I became the ‘Demon Prince’ of said novel.

…Help me. <<less

i skipped to where i was in the manhwa rather than starting reading the novel from the beginning since i already knew the plot. so, i dont know if the start of the novel is good or not (my friend said the beginning was bad, so maybe read the manhwa first...), but the rest of the story is fun (i love the murim arc)... more>>

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I want an S-Rank skill too! I want it so badly, I would even die for it!

[You have awakened an S-Rank skill.] [But it only works when you die.]

Eh !? WHAT IS THE POINT OF GETTING ONE IF I DIE !? <<less

Mc is a shithole hes so entertaining. Very cunning. If you search this up there will be a harem tag attached to it, but its bearable bc he just uses them to protect himself rather than for s*x or love. He doesnt rly care about them, and some of them understand that. Some dont ask for much. Lol im making it sound like this novel is about harems, but its not. Just a disclaimer if anyone becomes uninterested in the novel bc of the harem tag. ... more>>

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One day, I was summoned to this world.

Beasts poured out, and an incredible crisis came.

My talents couldn’t have been worse.

[The player’s talent level is at rock bottom.] [Almost all the numbers are hopeless.]

Whether you have to become a warrior or a wizard.

Whether you’ve gone back in time.

You have to take advantage of everything in order to survive.

“What about it?”

“I’ll use everything I have to survive!” <<less

wasn’t rly into ppl constantly disrespecting the mc, so that’s why it’s not higher. this is a really good novel though, so beware of your standards of webnovels and manhwas getting higher if you read it... more>>

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Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA).

Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amusement of god-like “Constellations.”

After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.

He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before.

[Written by MAL Rewrite] <<less

The manhwa got a remake, there was another manhwa adaptation before but i didnt like the art. the art in new manhwa is good! Nice pacing too... more>>

if you liked this, try reading the author's pov. its not on this site, which is why its not in this list

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Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body.

A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished.

He had become his novel’s extra, a filler character with no importance to the story.

The only clue to escaping is to stay close to the main storyline.

However, he soon finds out the world isn’t exactly identical to his creation. <<less

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I ended up transmigrating as a third-rate extra in a game I like, but worst of all this character has already fallen and been disowned.... more>>

I have no ambitions. I just want to graduate, but the world won’t let me. <<less

there are suddenly so many chapters this is amazing... more>>

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Regressor, Reincarnator, Possessor, Traveler, or Predestined. I will hunt down the protagonists that exist in the countless worlds and absorb their abilities.

Here lies the protagonist.

The continent’s hope.

The hero who will save the world.

The hero who currently has a hole through his chest!

With the Spirit of Earth, freed the Dwarfs and gained their trust.

Purified the contaminated Forest of Spirits and became the Fairies’ benefactor.

Resealed the Ancient Stone statues found in one of the ruins.

Exterminated the giant sea serpent that emerged from the sea.

Defeated the 47th Demon Lord of the underworld…

“Aside from assaults and mu*ders there were other death related incidents as well as vandalism, arson, and etc…”

“S-spare me…”

Psh!

That was the protagonist.

But now, he has died by my hands. <<less

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When I opened my eyes, I was inside a novel.... more>>

[The Birth of a Hero].

[The Birth of a Hero] was a novel focused on the adventures of the main character, Choi Han, a high school boy who was transported to a different dimension from Earth, along with the birth of the numerous heroes of the continent.

I became a part of that novel as the tr*sh of the Count’s family, the family that oversaw the territory where the first village that Choi Han visits is located.

The problem is that Choi Han becomes twisted after that village, and everyone in it, is destroyed by assassins.

The bigger problem is the fact that this s*upid tr*sh who I’ve become doesn’t know about what happened in the village and messes with Choi Han, only to get beaten to a pulp.

“…This is going to be a headache.”

I feel like something serious has happened to me.

But it was worth trying to make this my new life. <<less

i'm not very far in the novel rn.  ... more>>

mc is a coward who doesn't show it outwardly. he's been "recruited" to work as a ghost story.. handler? idk how to describe it but basically he deals with anomalies. but he's scared shitless all the time, so he speedruns through things with a straight face because he wants out of the scary situation immediately. the straight face comes from him being him, but also because he's spending all his energy trying to get out rather exhaust himself screaming lol. his coworkers (who don't get scared, bc you can't work there and get scared, unless ur the mc ofc) are all amazed by him.

the mc stays because you can rack up points for each anomaly dealt with, the harder it is the more points you get. with enough points, you can get a wish come true. any wish. he wants that wish.

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NOW HIRING— URGENT —Ghost Story Specialist Corporation Daydream Inc. (Ltd.) 

Insane Benefits – Come to Work Immediately

※ Note : The company is not liable for any injuries or fatalities that may occur during the course of the employee’s duties.

——A pop-up event for some ‘modern fantasy’ media I loved so much that I even took a precious day off work to attend.On that day, I ended up transmigrating as a character in that very fantasy world.As none other than a newly hired employee at a famous large corporation!A dream job with great benefits, an excellent salary, and even kind and competent bosses.I’m using the information I know about the world to rise through the ranks at lightning speed! Am I happy, you ask? Please, just let me go home. I’m begging you.

※ Note : The genre is horror. <<less

fun to read. i actually got rly far into this novel, i didnt expect that... more>>

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Amamiya Hiroto is unlucky. His life consisted of misfortune after misfortune, culminating in an unlucky death during an incident on a school boat trip, trying to save a girl he barely knew. After death, he met a god of reincarnation who requested that the hundred or so dead passengers—one of them being the girl he tried in vain to save—be reincarnated into another world.

Yet a series of unfortunate events forced Hiroto to reincarnate with even less luck than before, starting with nothing but a tremendous amount of Mana. His second life, far worse than his first, came to a cruel end.

However, upon meeting the god a second time, he was informed that there would be yet another reincarnation—one that had already been set in motion and could not be stopped. Not wanting Hiroto to live long, the god cursed him before he was reborn in the hopes that he would either die quickly or commit su*cide.

Hiroto was reborn once more as a half-Vampire, half-Dark Elf. A Dhampir. Not wanting a fourth life, he is determined to live this third life with the only things remaining from his previous lives—death-attribute magic and his enormous Mana pool. <<less

i wish i liked this more? something felt lacking though... more>>

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I possessed the weakest character in my favorite game’s Hell Mode. I want to survive, but the way the main character is being controlled is atrocious.

It can’t be helped.

I have to stop the bad ending myself. <<less

pretty good! main character is smart and keeps calm... more>>

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I received my test results, where two words stuck out in devastating clarity.

[No Talent]

It was something I’d already known, but it stung a little more than usual today. Was I lacking in effort or talent? Or both? Was it my fault that I was living like this, or was it society’s?

In the years since Players, Streamers, Guardians, dungeons, and monsters became a part of our everyday life, my sister died from leukemia trying to support me, and my mom passed away from a disease we couldn’t afford to treat.

I went to sleep, and when I woke up the next morning to continue my futile life, I found… that I had somehow gone 10 years back in the past, to the day the world changed.

While going through the Tutorial, I realized something.

Everything’s too easy. Was I really talentless? <<less

wish there were more chapters, i really like these types of misunderstandings... more>>

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A Blindfold That is Beyond Reason [Legendary]

-Experience Gained Increased by 500%

-Weakness Detection Skill lv.MAX

-Critical Hit Damage Increased by 300%

-Does not obstruct wearer’s vision

…The truth is, I can see everything clearly. <<less

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I really just want to lose money! T_T... more>>

Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.

These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.

Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.

Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!

“If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!”

“How difficult can it be to lose money?”

Indeed… how difficult can it be? <<less

pretty self-indulgent. ... more>>

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Zhang Ye was originally a mundane college graduate with aspiring dreams to become a star, but unfortunately has below average looks and height. However one day, he woke up and suddenly found himself in a parallel world!

It’s like the same world, but wait a minute…many brands, celebrities and even famous works from his world changed and are gone in this new world!

Armed with the profound literary knowledge of his previous world and a heaven-defying Game Ring that gives him magical items, stats and skills, Zhang Ye embarks on a journey to pursue his life-long dream of becoming famous!

Follow Zhang Ye as he takes the new world by storm, one plagiarized piece at a time, to hilarious reactions! <<less

i actually dont remember reading this so ill go back and check this again... more>>

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Lee Jin Woo once lived a dismal life.

He lived pitifully on a day to day basis in his five-pyeon studio filled with mold.

Then, one day, he died in a sudden fire.

When he wakes up, he finds himself inside a novel.

But there’s just one issue…

He had become the novel’s villain! <<less

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I wasn’t reborn with talent or ability, but at least my knowledge from earth allowed me to stay one step ahead in this other world.... more>>

Magic exists here, and new progress was rapidly being made in science while magic stagnated in the name of tradition. Using my earthly knowledge and not bound by the traditional thinking, I was able to do things other wizards couldn’t even imagine.

Still, inadvertently becoming an undercover professor for a mysterious secret society at the renowned Sören academy was never in my to-do list! <<less

i also dont remember reading this so ill go back to check what this was about... more>>

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He almost became a Hallyu star and his biggest career in entertainment was placing 12th in an idol survival program.

The works he rejected were enormously successful, but every work he went into was destroyed one after another.

This frigging damn unfortunate life played around by false hope actually saved a country in his previous life.

So when he came back to his original body, there was a face genius standing in the mirror.

*Face genius: a Korean slang term for someone who is very good looking <<less