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Completed Reads Worth Recommending

Upright Values, Great Stories, For My Own Reading (Mostly No Romance)

The essentials: protagonists with strong moral principles, a smooth and logical plot, and solid writing (at the very least, readable). Beautiful-but-tragic characters, passionate stories, and heartwarming tales. Some have real angst, some only pretend.

A Little Bit of Everything, Saved to Revisit

Entirely subjective: a mixed bag of original danmei, fan fiction, and no-CP works. I only review the works themselves. If an author has some controversy, use your own level of tolerance to decide whether to avoid them.

Erqi: Stories Within Stories Series

Stories within stories. Buy one, get several more! I really love the stories written by the protagonists in these novels. (This list doesn’t include stories with multiple alternate versions.)

For Personal Use: Dropped Books, Including Fully Purchased Ones

A list of books I might advise people to skip, though someone may enjoy them

Welcome to the Reading List for Fans of Feel-Good, Protagonist-Centric Stories!

Those Books, Those Days, Those Stories

Bonus points for personal reasons: 1) I was wowed by another novel from the same author, so I came to love this one too; 2) revolutionary stories with a people-centered view of history and revolutionary practice; 3) free; 4) the fun of following updates and watching the story grow; 5) happy endings.

Love Stories with Historical Settings

My Personal Re-Reads (Danmei, No Romance)

My personal four- and five-star rereads. Check for potential dealbreakers yourself. Updated slowly and continuously.

Must-Read Feel-Good Power Fantasies

Books I absolutely love, both no-romance and danmei, mostly fanworks but with some original stories too. Pure feel-good reads. I honestly want to give them all five stars. Green River is to blame :)

Male Protagonist, No Romance

Quick Transmigration Power Fantasies with No Romance

Quick transmigration, with both male and female protagonists

Super Delicious Stories, Especially Sandwiches

I love pure-love sandwiches. Both fan works and original works are welcome. Feel free to recommend more sandwich stories. I've also included a few single-couple stories I like, since I couldn't find enough sandwiches.

No Romance, Male Protagonist

You can’t go wrong with any of these. I have a terrible memory and forget things as soon as I finish them, but if I remember a book as good, it definitely is.

My Kind of Thing (No-CP Recs)

Worth Every Penny

So good! I hope the author updates like crazy!!! I read all sorts of things, but no yuri. I'm the type who likes following ongoing stories but is easily distracted by new books.

Historical Fiction and Derivatives

Saving Stories Worth Rereading

I absolutely love long novels. Plot > romance,

A Die-Hard Shonen Manga Fan Digs In

Original novels like shonen manga, under a loose and chaotic definition

Quick Transmigration (Mostly Tragic Villains and White-Moonlight Characters)

Beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly white-moonlight villains; danmei, with both real and fake angst; stories from both the top and bottom's perspectives. Not suitable for fans of any particular character type. Also includes other kinds of quick transmigration.

No Romance

Male POV, Version 1.0

Long Reads Worth Revisiting

Most of these are books I've read many times