BL novels that would make Truck-kun shed tears (+ long reviews)

BL novels that would make Truck-kun shed tears (+ long reviews)
(Actively updated.) When I first started reading on NU, I wished that there was a rec list with long descriptions of the novels so I knew what I'm getting myself into instead of having to check the synopsis of each individual novel. Couldn't find any, so I created one. Here it is. Arranged from best > worst > boring reading experience.

Disclaimer; my "reviews" are my own personal, biased opinions. I'm terrible at being systematic & putting my thoughts into effective sentences, so 90% of the novel descriptions in here are just me rambling. I usually only drop & rate novels after I've read at least until c.35. Also, I like to change my ratings & reviews sporadically. Feel free to suggest more novels and/or argue with me.

[5/5] - Truck-kun would shed real man tears at these masterpieces.

Below [4.4/5] - Truck-kun would shed tears of a disappointed Asian parent.

[3/5] - Truck-kun would hit them (again), maybe then they'll transmigrate and become a better story. Replaceable at any time.

("|| STATUS: [ ]" is my reading status as of typing the novel's description.)
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Created: May 2nd, 2020, Updated: Jun 8th, 2024
Created May 2nd, 2020
Updated Jun 8th, 2024
CN (4.3)
0 Chapters Every 2337 Day(s) 12731 Readers 117 Reviews 01-15-2019
[OLD] [4.3/5] REBIRTH / ANCIENT-TIMES || MC, Jing Shao, was a military general(?) who was forced to marry a male wife (ML, of course) and therefore lose his rights to claim the throne. In spite, he neglected the ML for 10 years and went to other concubines. However, in the end, the only person who stuck with him to their deaths was ML. When MC woke up again, he had been reborn to the night of his wedding with ML. Determined to make it up to ML, MC will dedicate his life to him and fix his previous life's mistakes.... more>>
CN (4.3)
81 Chapters Every 6.3 Day(s) 5152 Readers 40 Reviews 12-03-2023
[4.3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / MODERN-DAY || MC, Qiao Yang, transmigrated into a novel. In it, his character was a snobby second-generation rich kid who fought with his brothers over his family’s inheritance, causing the brothers to turn against each other. He also fought with the protagonist, Gu Ye, in the business world.... more>>
CN (4.3)
124 Chapters Every 8.5 Day(s) 4588 Readers 21 Reviews 02-21-2025
[OLD] [4.3/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / UNLIMITED FLOW || MC, Xiao Yi, is an OP alien who was mistaken to be a human by his SYSTEM. MC uses his weird tent**les (that are a part of himself...) to spy on the NPCs, make food, clean up garbage, save a human body from dying, clone himself...uhh, yeah you get the gist. In his first mission, MC collected 930,000+ points and finished it with 100% contribution points in under several days (his time limit was 20 years...), causing the SSS-rank supervisor transmigrator (the ML) to get 0% contribution points. ... more>>
CN (4)
143 Chapters Every 30.4 Day(s) 6219 Readers 47 Reviews 04-26-2024
[4.3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / INTERSTELLAR / ARRANGED MARRIAGE|| MC, Duan Hengye, had transmigrated into a novel as the Marshal's cannonfodder spouse - who is the Director of the Armor Research Institute, and also an undercover agent working against the marshal. A traitor who tried! To! Kill! The! Marshal! Everyone knows the ending of this kind of cannonfodder; a cruel death! The first thing on MC's mind; go divorce quickly!!... more>>
CN (4.3)
0 Chapters Every 2111 Day(s) 15948 Readers 234 Reviews 08-29-2019
[OLD] [4.3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / ANCIENT TIMES || MC,  Xiao Yu’an, was a supposed "tyrannical" president, rich handsome boy™ in the past. After failing numerous times to find a partner, he gave up and focused on work - only to end up being diagnosed with cancer. His death scene is...uhm, shocking, to say the least. He then transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder, cut-sleeve teen emperor who had imprisoned the protagonist (ML).... more>>
CN (4.5)
351 Chapters Every 5.4 Day(s) 9728 Readers 67 Reviews 06-05-2025
[OLD] [4.3/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / UNLIMITED FLOW / minor SHOWBIZ || MC & third-rate actor, Gu Wu Ji, was suddenly pulled into a horror-game world and was tasked with acting out different roles each time he transmigrates. Unlike the average person, however; MC can sense and has interacted with ghosts ever since he was young. There's basically no difference between a horror world and his normal everyday life!... more>>
CN (4.3)
168 Chapters Every 88.2 Day(s) 12803 Readers 176 Reviews 03-19-2023
[4.3/5] TRANSMIGRATION / REBIRTH|| MC, Song Xuanhe, transmigrated into a book called “The President’s Seven Boyfriends” and became the protagonist's abusive ex-boyfriend. In other words; a cannon-fodder s*um whose fate is to die without an intact corpse. Well, it would've been fine if it weren't for the fact that the protagonist has actually been reborn and is out for revenge...... more>>
CN (4.4)
187 Chapters Every 32.7 Day(s) 11950 Readers 182 Reviews 02-19-2024
[4.2/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || MC, Shi Qing, was tasked to be the protector of the protagonist in every world he transmigrates into. However, there's a catch; the people MC transmigrates into are either an enemy or hated by the protagonist. Thus, in order to complete his mission, MC has to lower down the 'animosity level' between him and the ML to below 50 in less than a month.... more>>
CN (4.2)
231 Chapters Every 112.5 Day(s) 9581 Readers 181 Reviews 11-09-2020
[4.1/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || MC, Xie He, was an overbearing president s*um gong in his past life who rejected 100 hosts / transmigrators. Because of this, he's now bound to the s*um Gong system where he has to reform other fellow s*um gongs into compassionate human beings. ... more>>
CN (4.1)
178 Chapters Every 19.1 Day(s) 9292 Readers 60 Reviews 05-17-2025
[OLD] [4.1/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || This time, MC & platinum-level transmigrator, Su Shi, was banished because of his unorthodox methods of gaining points. As his punishment, he's now dirt-poor and is forced to go through missions where he has to take the blame (that isn't his) and die heroically & tragically. Spoiler: he fails, of course.┐( ̄ヮ ̄)┌ ... more>>
CN (4.3)
174 Chapters Every 118.9 Day(s) 11764 Readers 242 Reviews 07-28-2020
[4/5] TRANSMIGRATION/minor SHOWBIZ || MC, Rong Qing, was transmigrated into the body of a big rich boss (daddy-material) with the same name as him. The original Rong Qing was given a green hat by the protagonist shou (who has like...7-8 other men in his harem) and he died out of anger. Original Rong Qing's last wish is now to spend a comfortable life with someone who he loves and loves only him.... more>>
CN (4.1)
156 Chapters Every 69.9 Day(s) 6475 Readers 40 Reviews 04-09-2024
[4/5] UNLIMITED FLOW / WORLD-HOPPING || MC, Zhou Yu, had a frail body and died of a heart attack at age 34. He was then reborn into a different world as a 15 y.o rich kid with a healthy body. Unfortunately, before he could fully enjoy life, he finds out that he's in a supernatural horror movie world and his lover is the big BOSS...... more>>
CN (4.3)
244 Chapters Every 77.5 Day(s) 12549 Readers 234 Reviews 01-02-2021
[OLD] [4/5] REBIRTH/SHOWBIZ || MC is veteran model, but can't act haha someone save him (altho he improves a lot later on tho lol) || ML is no.1 model + designer, and he treats MC as his muse. super obsessed with him but not to the point of insanity haha. I think these two are such a great power couple together. they literally wiped out everyone alright-... more>>
CN (4)
234 Chapters Every 77.5 Day(s) 4100 Readers 72 Reviews 04-09-2022
[4/5] TRANSMIGRATION / SHOWBIZ || MC, Shen Jintai, was on his way to an awards ceremony for his first nomination as best supporting actor. Suddenly, he got into an accident and transmigrated into a book.... more>>
CN (4.1)
205 Chapters Every 35.3 Day(s) 13590 Readers 130 Reviews 01-11-2024
[OLD] [4/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION || First arc was meh :/ & too fast-paced for me, but the rest of the arcs are fun & the plot omg...you'll be surprised at how the plot becomes more and more complicated as the arcs go on. my brain went 'kaboom' a few times, but maybe because I'm s*upid haha. MC is the usual smart, somewhat OP kind, not naive. ML is the usual possessive & powerful type, sometimes annoying the sh*t out of MC but it's all in good fun. ML is sweet, he never fails to recognise MC and he starts to remember MC's name too <3 MC has to make sure that the s*um "protagonists" of the... more>>
CN (4.5)
206 Chapters Every 130 Day(s) 10603 Readers 172 Reviews 02-20-2020
[4/5] TRANSMIGRATION / CULTIVATION / STONE-AGE / HIDDEN ABILITY || Not sure who's the MC so I'll just assume it's Zhou Ji. Transmigrated over from the cruel apocalypse to a simple fantasy world (set in the stone-age era) as the weakest man of the Big Bear tribe, MC had only one goal; life a peaceful life as a passerby. However, MC had started to get attached to the recently heartbroken ML and began to help the tribe live a better life using his future knowledge. From being pitied & ridiculed, suddenly he was worshipped as a "messenger of the Beast God"!... more>>
CN (3.9)
245 Chapters Every 42.3 Day(s) 9991 Readers 89 Reviews 11-06-2023
[OLD] [4/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || MC, Su Yu, lived a very successful life as a gifted rich kid and now-president of a largely successful company. The downside, however, was that MC felt that this kind of life was very boring (f*ck you MC). He then binds with a [Scattering IQ to the Protagonist] SYSTEM to fix this problem.... more>>
CN (4.3)
89 Chapters Every 23.2 Day(s) 13853 Readers 192 Reviews 07-16-2024
[4/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || MC, Gu Bai, died from an airplane explosion. In order to fix his broken soul (so he can reincarnate into his next life), he has to complete tasks set by his Master (kind of like a SYSTEM). If he dies - it's game over, his soul will disappear. ... more>>
CN (4.2)
52 Chapters Every 152.3 Day(s) 6110 Readers 65 Reviews 12-03-2022
[4/5] MULTIPLE-TIME REBIRTH / ANCIENT TIMES / HIDDEN IDENTITY || MC, Teng Yun, was a war commander who was executed by the ML. When he woke up, he had somehow become the ML's ugly empress!? The tragic story of a prince who is captured as a prisoner and killed, then he is reborn as his enemy country’s ugly empress. With his black-bellied king of a husband, they love and hate each other.... more>>
CN (4.4)
487 Chapters Every 25.8 Day(s) 5955 Readers 70 Reviews 05-20-2024
[OLD] [4/5] REBIRTH / ANCIENT TIMES || Smart & cunning MC! MC was a tyrant child who brought trouble everywhere and was one of the main reasons why his family (including himself) had fallen. He died an extremely horrifying death as a prostitute and was reborn back when he was still 13 years old. MC decided to live his new life for the sake of protecting his family and thus, he "turned over a new leaf". The reactions of people around him are super satisfying to read; be it face-slapping or a rekindling of a relationship. MC does a lot of changes that are so deviously cunning for a 13-year-old that you can't help but... more>>
CN (4.2)
143 Chapters Every 113.7 Day(s) 9737 Readers 157 Reviews 10-29-2020
[4/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / UNLIMITED FLOW || MC, Xu Ziyue, binds with a System in a game called, 'Love-Attack!' where he's supposed to woo his target (aka ML). Of course, things aren't as easy as they look. The other players in the game world seem to have a different goal than him...wait, why are people starting to die? Why aren't these players trying to pursue their targets? Huh...why does it seem like they're in a survival-horror game? System!! Isn't this supposed to be a dating sim?!... more>>
CN (4.2)
244 Chapters Every 35.1 Day(s) 8514 Readers 82 Reviews 01-02-2024
[OLD] [4/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || MC, Ye Ming, is a transmigrator whose task was to raise the affection level of his target. Unlike most quick-transmigrators, however; every time he has to leave his current mission world, he has a certain.... "habit" of disposing his targets.... more>>
CN (4.3)
80 Chapters Every 124.9 Day(s) 11506 Readers 188 Reviews 05-29-2020
[OLD] [4/5] REBIRTH / ANCIENT-TIMES || MC, Song Song, was mu*dered by his half-brother. Afterwards, his son and identity were stolen away from him too! Angry and dissatisfied, MC spent years wandering around as an angry spirit, trying to get revenge. Suddenly, he was reborn back to the day he was given as a male concubine to the "mentally ill" 'Mad King', Li Xiao.... more>>
CN (4.1)
55 Chapters Every 120.1 Day(s) 3818 Readers 28 Reviews 06-25-2022
[OLD] [4/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || MC, Chen Heng, is a genius (pe*vert) transmigrator. He performed surgery on himself, increased his brain utilization rate by 10%, and afterwards continued to pursue greater achievements. That is, until he was r*ped by his colleague (0 to 100 real quick omg (⊙_⊙)?!). Chen Heng killed said r*pist, but it turns out that the guy had another trick up his sleeve before he "died". Chen Heng was then forcefully bound to a system that made him suffer as an ab*sed, miserable shou in different worlds. To return to the original world, Chen Heng has to rewrite the world's plot in the opposite direction.... more>>
CN (4.3)
159 Chapters Every 4.3 Day(s) 4806 Readers 70 Reviews 05-20-2025
[4/5] QUICK-TRANSMIGRATION / WORLD-HOPPING || The first time MC, Shen Jue, had arrived in heaven with his master for the peach banquet, an Immortal had taken a liking to him. Later, when the rejected Immortal poisons him with tiger and wolf medicine (lmao what?? did he turn into a furry?), Shen Jue tried to kill him. Unfortunately for MC, this Immortal is actually the ninth son of the Jade Emperor. Furious, the emperor sent Shen Jue to suffer the hardships of the mortal world and go through the cycle of reincarnation.... more>>
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  1. XVA
    XVA· Jun 21, 2020 11:16 AM
    Your reviews are really good - for the books I've read, I could totally relate to what you had written about them. This list is very helpful, thank you!  \(≧▽≦)/ 
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    • segitree
      segitree· Author · Jun 25, 2020 12:45 AM
      That's good to know! ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ If you ever have different opinions about a book in here, please tell me! Would love to have a good discussion on it <3
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  2. RARARERE
    RARARERE· Jul 29, 2021 06:09 PM
    You have some really good novels listed here with such good reviews. I recently read Erha and your review perfectly summarizes my feelings — “I thought I could never forgive him for the awful things he did to ML. As the story went on, I found out more about his past and the REAL reason behind his attitude, I sympathised and cried for him. I could feel his regret, his hatred for himself, his confusion, his insecurity, and most importantly, his sincerity for the ML. I can't say that I forgive him but I can't say that I hate him either. It's a complicated feeling, to say the least.” — this is exactly how I felt. 
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    • segitree
      segitree· Author · Sep 18, 2021 01:26 AM
      Erha is really a whole package of emotions haha. Nice to see that we have the same feelings about it!
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  3. Thynameisselfsabotage
    Thynameisselfsabotage· Apr 29, 2024 10:44 PM
    I need help finding a bl novel, I forgot the title but it's an entertainment industry based light hearted novel where fans thinks that mc and ml are dating/married due to them coincidentally wearing same rings and clothes in public when in reality they don't even know each other.
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  4. Sakura Natsume
    Sakura Natsume· Feb 25, 2024 01:46 PM
    You literally read my heart with this list, you’ve got ALL my favs and I’m so excited to read the rest! ☺️✨
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  5. ria.green
    ria.green· Jan 21, 2024 04:01 AM
    Wow, this is the list with the most detailed reviews I've seen so far. Thanks for your hard work, this was helpful in deciding whether or not to read some novels I've seen but never wanted to commit to. 
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  6. Deaslim
    Deaslim· Jun 4, 2023 07:21 PM
    Oh i want to recommend 'My Favorite Manly Husband' to you for a hardworking mc and fluffy cp!
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  7. Sevenice
    Sevenice· Jun 13, 2020 08:13 AM
    Wah! Thank you for this list, now I don't need to search anymore, it's a pity I didn't see this a bit earlier. 
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    • segitree
      segitree· Author · Jun 15, 2020 04:18 AM
      No problem! I hope my list is helpful <3
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  8. RaiLi
    RaiLi· Jul 4, 2022 06:19 AM
    altho I see you have dropped it by your review, don't mind if I ask if you have reread "Mistakenly Saving the Villain" again? Its pretty tiring to get the password from the website right now but I do recommend it a lot. I discovered it from this list and was attracted to it. I completed it and the rating is not a lie since its actually really good. The world building and the plot logic was splendidly written well and the hints around the mystery and the plot twist which was slowly revealed by the author in the end was amazing. I wanted to recommend it to you cause its one of my favorite novels, and I wanted to hear you're thoughts and reviews..? But if you have already completely read it, then I wanna hear what you think of??? Thank You!!!╰(*´︶`*)╯
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    • segitree
      segitree· Author · Jul 5, 2022 05:40 PM
      ohhh! well if it's really as good as you say, then I don't mind trying to re-read it again! I guess I've judged it too quickly. clear.png
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  9. Amatullah
    Amatullah· May 25, 2020 07:13 PM
    Correction, in Rebirth of the Silkish Wolfpants they arent biological brothers, MC's dad was only taking care of him because the ML was born out of wedlock and his dad's family didnt want him
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    • segitree
      segitree· Author · May 27, 2020 08:14 PM
      Ohh I see! Thanks, I'll change it.
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