Click the title for a summary, link to its NU page, (and my personal thoughts*).
My reading list is much longer than this. These are the ones that stand out to me.
BL Recommendations
Chinese Novels
A Wave of Exes Came Looking for Me, What to Do?!* [Translations Complete]
Didn’t Love You Enough*
Every Day the Protagonist Wants to Capture Me
It’s Actually Not Easy Wanting to be a Supporting Male Lead*
I’ve Led the Villain Astray, How Do I Fix It?
Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil*
Rebirth of Chen An
Sharing Rain and Dew* [Translations Complete]
Spring Once More*
The People Who’re Supposed To Kill Me Fell For Me Instead
The Perfect Destiny*
The Scum Shou’s Survival Guide*
The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System [Translations Complete]
The Strategy of Washing Clean a Slag Shou*
The Villain’s White Lotus Halo*
The Wife is First*
Transmigrating into a Mob Character to Rehabilitate the Villain Plan*
War Prisoner* [Translations Complete]
Japanese Novels
My New Life, Won’t You Please Become Peaceful!
Nurturing the Hero to Avoid Death*
Watashi, Dokidoki Renai Kakumei de Onii-chan Yattemasu*
Non-BL Recommendations (BG or No Romance)
Chinese Novels
Japanese Novels
Konyakuhaki ni Zettai Kioku De Tachimukau* [Translations Complete]
Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Hata o Tatakioru*
Korean Novels
The S-Classes That I Raised*
Trash of the Count’s Family*
Common Shorthand
MC – main character
ML – male lead
FL – female lead
NU – novelupdates.com
BL – boys love
GL – girls love
BG – boy x girl
AU – alternative universe
DNF – did not finish
MTL – machine translation
COO – country of origin
Terms
[Chinese]
gong – top | shou – bottom | meng – moe
[Japanese]
seme – top | uke – bottom | riba – reversible