Good(No Harem)

Good(No Harem)
First 10-15 novels are placed as actual ranking, everything lower is placed based on adding date so you can ignore actual rank.

Novels which cannot be found in NU are in one of my comments to this list.

Would be nice if you have any suggestions.
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Created: May 8th, 2024, Updated: Jul 21st, 2025
Created May 8th, 2024
Updated Jul 21st, 2025
CN (4.1)
51 Chapters Every 200.4 Day(s) 7737 Readers 128 Reviews 05-26-2017
CN (3.7)
578 Chapters Every 1.1 Day(s) 1080 Readers 6 Reviews 07-26-2025
Completed all novel.... more>>
KR (3.9)
20 Chapters Every 109.2 Day(s) 5762 Readers 32 Reviews 08-20-2022
CN (4.1)
201 Chapters Every 128.2 Day(s) 3676 Readers 40 Reviews 07-15-2020
JP (4.8)
43 Chapters Every 38.3 Day(s) 9614 Readers 129 Reviews 04-25-2024
readed only 1volume, but an nice story overall.
CN (4.5)
CN (4)
112 Chapters Every 179.5 Day(s) 5661 Readers 38 Reviews 03-20-2018
KR (4)
277 Chapters Every 49.7 Day(s) 13375 Readers 60 Reviews 03-30-2025
KR (4.3)
0 Chapters Every 925 Day(s) 3982 Readers 21 Reviews N/A
CN (3.9)
44 Chapters Every 138.3 Day(s) 2007 Readers 59 Reviews 11-27-2019
CN (3.7)
150 Chapters Every 17.8 Day(s) 1665 Readers 8 Reviews 12-12-2024
KR (4.4)
830 Chapters Every 18.3 Day(s) 20107 Readers 237 Reviews 10-25-2024
KR (4)
23 Chapters Every 154.3 Day(s) 7382 Readers 86 Reviews 08-07-2022
KR (4.2)
205 Chapters Every 175.3 Day(s) 11934 Readers 111 Reviews 06-07-2018
KR (4.4)
132 Chapters Every 18.8 Day(s) 10760 Readers 98 Reviews 02-02-2025
CN (4.1)
900 Chapters Every 0.9 Day(s) 984 Readers 12 Reviews 07-26-2025
CN (4.2)
326 Chapters Every 11 Day(s) 839 Readers 20 Reviews 02-26-2025
KR (4.3)
520 Chapters Every 94 Day(s) 23187 Readers 194 Reviews 11-24-2021
KR (4.5)
0 Chapters Every 1837 Day(s) 12034 Readers 173 Reviews 07-17-2020
KR (4.5)
276 Chapters Every 24.3 Day(s) 7094 Readers 60 Reviews 04-14-2025
KR (3.5)
242 Chapters Every 11.1 Day(s) 3602 Readers 17 Reviews 03-26-2025
CN (4.6)
754 Chapters Every 0.7 Day(s) 5239 Readers 84 Reviews 07-26-2025
Not bad novel, but I feel that it needed more chemistry between characters to become good one.
KR (4.1)
189 Chapters Every 2.4 Day(s) 1321 Readers 6 Reviews 07-26-2025
Firstly, i've read mahwa not novel, but story overall still pretty good even if a bit generic.
KR (4.4)
85 Chapters Every 6.5 Day(s) 827 Readers 5 Reviews 07-21-2025
Good novel. I would say even too short, ending was a bit rushed, would benefit with having side stories. Still rare novel which has good... more>>
KR (4)
57 Chapters Every 20.5 Day(s) 517 Readers 1 Reviews 01-27-2025
Older work of "My Girlfriend’s Fortune: 3,141,592,653,589". Still not bad but not on the next work level. Chemistry between MC and FMC a bit too generic in terms of dynamic between them. Contrary to newer work where I feel that story is too short here I think some parts more dragged out.... more>>
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  1. TrueAn012
    TrueAn012· Dec 1, 2024 03:53 PM

    Good collection.

    If you have time, try 

    1. The Legend of the Northern Blade

    2. The Regressor and the Blind Saint

    3. I Want to Die One Day Before You.

    I have read the first two, they are good, For 3rd I'hv read till vol 3,so far so good.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Dec 3, 2024 08:52 PM

      Thanks!

      Will try "The Legend of the Northern Blade", and already added 2,3 somehow forget about them after I've read them.

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Dec 21, 2024 03:35 PM

      @iwannalongnicknamethx  If you are free try,

      I Hold Your Voice Alone, Under The Starry Sky.

      Empty Box and Zeroth Maria

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Dec 23, 2024 12:01 AM

      @TrueAn012 Thanks for suggestions, just in time because have nothing to read rn.

      But I remember that I read "Empty Box and Zeroth Maria" many many years ago (8 maybe?). In my memory I feel like don't really liked it because of all the tragedy there.


      I've recently added some novels to the list (in the end) you may check them.

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Dec 23, 2024 07:28 AM

      @iwannalongnicknamethx  It has tragedy and trauma, but the theme is good, the protog till 4ish volume is somewhat say, not much likable, but it is a good read. 

      I read most of the novel in your collections, not a fan of gender blend, can't feel like immersing into a few, rest I finished all. Keep the good work.

      For more, Try reading Martial Arts Master, no harem, good novel. Romance (though I like good romance) exist but pretty average.

      I have tried many novels in recent times, that starts off good but got killed by bad development, most of the time the bad development is in the form for Harem or even romance when it is not needed.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Dec 24, 2024 12:09 AM

      @TrueAn012 Read Martial Arts Master years ago, but not finished (maybe read half), became pretty bored in the plot and romance at that time as I feel that novel became predictable.

      This list don't really have all novels I read I've called it "Good"(No harem) because don't really wanted to add every piece I read because I feel like list will be bloated with too big difference in quality.

      But I fell like I need to make list where I can just add really everything that I completed or Reading now regardless of quality.


      Also most gender bender in this list are mostly feels like Author made that just because he wanted to do so, in all novels here its actually feels nonexistent and you can just read novel as MC always was female(or male). (Gospel of blood and Game of the World Tree from the same author and if you start reading as MC is always was female literally nothing changes in this novels. Seoul Object Story same as well)

      Have same feelings about novels last month, most are cliche or extremely predictable, feeling like most characters are had copy-paste personalities from novel to novel, plot is dragged out too much, any romance also feels following same formula in each novel without any real chemistry between characters. But last month I mostly read korean romance novels so maybe I just burnt out on them.

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Dec 24, 2024 05:39 PM

      @iwannalongnicknamethx Tried this?

      Immortal devil transformation, good start, romance mid, I dropped it midway, due to sometimes slow,  and somtimes crazy plot development.

      Reincarniated as villan of romance fantasy, good start read till 50 ish ch, but forget the reason why I dropped it.

      Vermillion novel is good to, but dropped due to some reasons.

      The Heaven-Slaying Sword - same author as regressor and blind saint, I read it when it only has 10 chapters, whis was good, but yet to pick it up.

      Also, heard  'manuscript screening boy and manuscript submitting girl' is good too.

      yes, this is the list for 'good' novels you read, which is the purpose of creating list, if not it will be just your readind list.

      It will be good if you update your list if you find new good novels, I will be waiting for that, as my stacks are dried up too.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Dec 24, 2024 10:26 PM

      @TrueAn012

      "Immortal devil transformation" - dropped at middle too, don't even remember why

      "Reincarniated as villan of romance fantasy" - dropped too, but maybe in 70 chapters if I remember it was became too boring for me

      "Vermillion" - not seen but NU says its hiatus, so not sure wanna read it in that state

      "The Heaven-Slaying Sword" - Read through mtl 3/4 or 4/5 of novel, but somehow would not force myself to finish, don't even remember why, maybe I will add this here as my memory tells me it wasn't bad even if I don't recall why I dropped it

      "manuscript screening boy and manuscript submitting girl" - will add to to-read list, japanese ranobes for me mostly were hard to find so many of them were ignore by me, so thanks for suggestions

      if you don't mid reading MTL I may suggest:

      "Investing in the Rebirth Empress, She Called Me Husband" - pretty chill xianxia with mid romance but good for time passing.

      "My girlfriend is a cello player" - A good novel with a good romance, one of those were Male lead is not really annoying and too dense, also has nice chemistry

      But both are ongoing and don't have NU pages (will add them when they appear), but pretty sure that "My girlfriend is a cello player" is will not be harem, but has low(like really low, something around 5%) chance for "Investing in the Rebirth Empress, She Called Me Husband" to became one with 2 wives

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Dec 25, 2024 05:35 AM

      @iwannalongnicknamethx  I got a suggestion for you for reading MTL, chat GPT become better than a standard MTL, with keywords everrywhere extension, you can pretty much get a good quality TL but, its still a MTL. 

      If you don't mind slow placed and a chill novels, few has little plot, and some you have to tune down your brain a bit to enjoy it, I got a few suggestions.

      But I had an inherent hate towards novels theats starts with my wife, my girlfriend, my husband etc. as it always starts as exclusive relationship but soon turn into generic harem, plot wil fly everywhere.

      Will try "My girlfriend is a cello player""Investing in the Rebirth Empress, She Called Me Husband".

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Dec 25, 2024 06:34 PM

      @TrueAn012 Would like to see a few suggestions you mentioned.

      About novels that starts with my wife, my girlfriend e.t.c, I myself was baited into this trap many times enough so now I am extremely cautious with novels like this.

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Dec 31, 2024 04:39 PM
      @iwannalongnicknamethx  to tell the truth, I never thought you will add martial arts master here, i thought it's of the lowest quality when compared with other novels in your list.
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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Dec 31, 2024 08:30 PM

      @TrueAn012 Answering simply, novel knows what is is and executing it well enough without making me mad by plot, yes maybe a bit boring and predictable, but for someone what may not read too much novels it will be good enough. But yes I agree that it is pretty low overall in my "Good" rankings.

      Writing this small answer literally took at least 30m. Was thinking how to determine if novel is "Good" for me. For now will have this novel still here, maybe when I've come close to 75-100 novels in list will start splitting in different lists like "Masterpiece", "Good", "Normal" to reduce the gap in quality between novels in list.

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Mar 6, 2025 12:19 PM

      @iwannalongnicknamethx  I got a doubt regarding, Martial cultivator, the romance with FMC is only at kissing level but the page have first time intercouse tag (I didn't mind those things if it only between our MCs), is there anything happened, or the author ruining another good series.

      How is Legend of the Cultivation God, Have you given it a try.

      For, recommendation, 

      The new Gate, I didn't tries it but I like to hera your opinion on that matter.

      Gimai Seikatsu, a decent SOL novel. There is a initial insist bait with the tag (not insist), but It is one of the realistic take on that trope.

      Shut Up, Malevolent Dragon! I Don’t Want to Have Any More Children With You, one such novel I told previously, you have to turn off your logic but its enjoyable.

      Oregairu romance is my favourite, if its not for the haremish element(Though the MC is never viewed it as harem), the author for VN and milking the Merchs, made into a dumpster fire.

      86 LN is very good.

      Will add more if comes to my mind.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Mar 11, 2025 04:24 PM

      @TrueAn012 Regarding martial cultivator, I stopped when mtl had 900~ chapters, in that chapters here was still 1v1 romance and I don't see flags that may lead to harem at all.

      Legend of the Cultivation God - Long time ago read 50-100 chapters then there was no translation and my brain wasn't rotted enough to read mtl at that time, as I remember it was pretty ok? but very slow. Now hesitating because of amount of chapters.

      New gate - tried very long time ago, don't really remember anything, now looking at reviews e.t.c looks pretty meh at least for me

      Gimai Seikatsu - Read to vol3 (maybe) was bored of it may continue someday.

      Shut Up, Malevolent Dragon! I Don’t Want to Have Any More Children With You - just last week read manga, not sure now I wanna read novel, but its on my "maybe" list because manga was not so bad.

      Oregairu, watched anime maybe 5-6 years ago, maybe will read novel one day

      86 - on my list, just wanna wait for its to be completed, as the amount of time Japanese authors take to finish their novels is enormous sometimes, and there a chance if I read it now and like it I will be forced to wait years for it to be finished. And when it finally finishes I already may forgot all plot and hesitate to start reading again.



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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Mar 11, 2025 06:01 PM

      Oregairu adaptation is one of the bad adaptation over there.

      Regarding 86, I stopped at vol 7 I think. The anime stopped at vol 6, for the same reason as yours. 

      Gimai Seikatsu will be good from 4/5 to till vol 7.

      recent novels didn't evoke the same feelings as the ones that are not already on the list, If you have time try reading a western novel 'The Martian' by Andi Wier my first ever novel.

      Spice and Wolf. Try it, You might like it, I just watched the anime though.




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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Mar 21, 2025 04:51 AM
      @iwannalongnicknamethx my girlfriend is a cello player is in Novel updates. 
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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· May 23, 2025 09:38 PM

      @iwannalongnicknamethx 

      What About Kept man of Princess Knight, I just heard about it but never read it.

      Then, I Became the Fiancé of a Dragon in Romance Fantasy. is good too, but the ending is not so grate, and at the end it started to going inthe path of erotica, I don't know if everyone like that.

      Spice and Wolf.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · May 26, 2025 12:05 PM

      @TrueAn012

      "Kept man of Princess Knight"  - Seen it too, but will wait more time, when there will be more to read (which will be long time as japanese authors are very slow on writing). Also it give me some vibes that can potentially become harem, so also waiting more to see will genres change

      "I Became the Fiancé of a Dragon in Romance Fantasy" - year or two ago tried, didn't remember why but dropped pretty early (maybe was oversaturated by this type of stories), haven't returned to it

      "Spice and Wolf" - Watched anime long time ago, not really interested in reading its novel

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· Jul 24, 2025 05:20 PM

      @iwannalongnicknamethx Dao of the Bizarre Immortal


      what about this, I like to know your opiniion about this.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Jul 24, 2025 06:34 PM
      @TrueAn012 From description I may read it long time ago, but not really remember anything (it may be when it was ongoing and had ~50chapters), not touched again after.
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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Jul 24, 2025 06:41 PM

      @TrueAn012 Maybe you encounter some new interesting novels? In last month can't find really anything interesting, everything just goes into drop after ~200chapters

      And after reading "Shut Up, Malevolent Dragon! I Don’t Want to Have Any More Children With You" most romance novels start to feel dry and simple.

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    • TrueAn012
      TrueAn012· 12 hours ago

      @iwannalongnicknamethx 

      Hakai no Miko Its a different novel, I just dropped it as to wait for more to come, 

      Angel next door, is decent but after they started dating, it become slow and bland.

      I will say more, If I remember some best ones.

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  2. iwannalongnicknamethx
    iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Nov 19, 2024 11:26 PM

    Will use this comment for novels which cannot be found in NU:

    1. The lich needs more money - Completed DnD world based story about lich. Slow start, the further you read the better novel became which is rare.

    2. End of ten days - ongoing I am on chapter 1129. Dark story, MC is calm madman (still to answer if he will be villain or hero for story), many horror elements. Has some good fleshed characters. For romance I can't say for sure it exist because of plot reasons but if it is I have 90% chance its 1v1.

    3. I create the my of the old ruler - completed. Readed some time ago so some detail may be wrong. Flow similar to My House of Horror. MC goes into sort of adventure with system in another world -> After returning making film about it and we have audience reactions e.t.c, this is for the most time formula in this book, but there's change in formula like there may be a game not a film, actual connection between worlds he go with reality. Also if I remember correctly MC mostly enters 3? same world so every one of them building through novel and won't forgetted after arc. Romance not exist (but if you're weird one you may see it)

    4. The Author's POV - completed. good novel, readed all chapters in 3 days, but I think it has problems in pacing and holding interest in some parts of the novel. Romance exist.1. The lich needs more money - Completed DnD world based story about lich. Slow start, the further you read the better novel became which is rare.

    5. Advent of the Three Calamities - ongoing. Same author as The Author's POV. Overall at least for its better than his previous work. Has interest concept for MC power. Romance exist.

    6. "Investing in the Rebirth Empress, She Called Me Husband" - pretty chill xianxia with mid romance but good for time passing. has low chance for harem, will update this comment if that will be the case

    7. "My girlfriend is a cello player" - A good novel with a good romance, one of those were Male lead is not really annoying and too dense, also has nice chemistry between leads.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Apr 26, 2025 09:32 PM
      p.s "The lich needs more money" is clearly inspired from "The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich", but interesting too, also it doesn't have that big info dumps, so it reads easier.
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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · May 31, 2025 03:27 PM
      Horror Game Developer: My Games Aren't That Scary! - same author as "The Author's POV" and "Advent of the Three Calamities", ongoing. currently at 100ch. Looks promising. I have faith in author's based on his previous works.

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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Jul 8, 2025 11:27 PM
      Shadow s*ave (I am on chapter ~2450): Pretty good, but I can't say its 10/10, I would give it solid 8 or 9. Liked the characters and their interaction, overall plot is good but I would not say that its peak. My biggest problem to author is pacing and amount of filler he writes. Some absolutely unnecessary time skips, which may be ok, but some chapters after he just write everything that happened in time skip, problem is why even make this time skip and not write chronologically. Second problem is just amount of words that are not really making difference and this may not be bad, in many novels I am the guy who enjoys a little bit more descriptive style, but here I often found skipping paragraphs to maintain some tension, direction and  in chapter

      Shortly, plot and characters are good, weakest point is writing itself (structurally, actual emotions conveyed good)
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  3. Phantom5001
    Phantom5001· Jan 23, 2025 02:24 AM
    You should try, Cultivation Chat Group, Mother of Learning on RR, and The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich.
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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Mar 11, 2025 04:26 PM

      Cultivation Chat Group - was reading when it had only 500c, then paused to stockpile a little bit, still not returned to it, maybe someday re-read it.

      Mother of Learning - can still find it in my bookmarks... from 10 years ago I stopped at some chapter and still not returned to it

      The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich - read when had 400 chapters, had fun, but hesitating to read or add here because of harem tag on NU.


      ty for suggestions still.

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    • Phantom5001
      Phantom5001· Mar 15, 2025 09:22 AM
      @iwannalongnicknamethx About The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich it may seem like harem but it's not, you can give it a try again
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    • asian guy reading novels
      asian guy reading novels· Jul 6, 2025 11:16 AM
      @iwannalongnicknamethx Cultivation Chat Group is definitely a Harem, though I must say it's very funny. One thing I recommend if you like that though is 'Who Let Him Cultivatel'The funniest novel I've read till now, and definitely not a Harem.
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    • iwannalongnicknamethx
      iwannalongnicknamethx· Author · Jul 7, 2025 03:10 PM
      @asian guy reading novels Will add 'Who Let Him Cultivatel' to my read in future list, thanks for suggestion
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