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Reading Notes: Personal Taste, Usually Bottoms

Enter with caution if you're very particular about top and bottom roles! Note: Some popular stories I've read before have things I dislike. I included them because I like how the bottoms are written, but I'll make the things that might bother you clear. Use your own judgment.

ABO Fiction

Includes AB romances, double Alphas, traditional Alpha/Omega pairings, and other original settings, such as special dragon-tribe traits.

A Country Bumpkin's Personal Reading List

Mostly shou or female protagonists. I assume the gong and male lead are virgins, or that both leads are virgins; I'll mention it if not. Sweet, satisfying stories with both career pursuits and romance. I don't read special male-insect stories.

Short, Sweet Bedtime Reads

Strongly recommend reading these before bed (I unexpectedly found so many hidden gems, most of them free, sweet short reads). Update: a few of the longer ones do cost money, though.

Instinctive Bonds

A collection of ABO novels I’ve read, excluding female alphas and male omegas.

Quick Transmigration and Short Stories

Looking back on snippets that occasionally come to mind.

Monthly Subscription

For my own use, just organizing my reads. Most five-star books were read through a subscription or for free; the rest were purchased with Jinjiang Coins.

Reader's Block, Free Reads, Masterpieces, Hidden Gems, and Beautiful Writing

Romance, danmei, yuri, Detective Conan, the DC and Marvel universes... They're all free to read. A lot of these are books I read a long time ago, so I'll go back and review them later. Not being VIP-exclusive now doesn't mean they won't become VIP-exclusive in the future.

Some Saved Top-Tier Reads

I've reread all of these several times, and they left a deep impression on me.

Reading Log

Contains major spoilers. No yuri, and no tragic, tempestuous romances. I’m open to everything else. I can’t stand protagonists who are constantly put through the wringer. I have lots of dealbreakers and don’t mince words, so steer clear if that bothers you.

Just Read It. You'll See How Authoritative This List Is

Love in the First Dimension. Everything here is gay romance except for one no-CP story about a female bean.

Highly Recommended Modern and Fantasy Boys' Love!

Not suited to any particular taste. Includes stories focused on both bottoms and tops. Mostly sweet romances, though some are lesser-known, so scroll down a bit.

For Bottom-Role Fans

Occasionally a little dark and kinky

A Little Bit of Everything

A chaotic mess

Free Jinjiang Stories

Some free stories on Jinjiang. Thanks to the authors who write such great free stories. I've finished reading them, so I'm putting them here.

Three Letters, One Big Drama

ABO

[For Personal Use] Passing the Time

Personal Archive (Saving the Books I've Read)

A personal archive of stories I've bought in full, with both top and bottom protagonists. Mostly bottom POV, all kinds of content, leaning toward devoted tops or couples who dote on each other. Covers a pretty wide range of years.

Monthly Subscription Recommendations

I subscribed monthly for one novel, then went on a crazy hunt for good monthly-subscription stories

Read and Completed

For record-keeping only. Includes both danmei seme-protagonist and uke-protagonist stories, with no yuri or derivative works.

Echoes of Longing

Exactly what the name says.

A Few Sweet Treats

Boys’ love is taking over the world!! I’ll always love TTMMXQL!!

Readable

As the title says, readable.