The Protagonist Only Thinks About Falling In Love

I Love to Eat (Strictly for Top-Lovers, No-CP Edition)

A niche reader with unusual tastes, firmly in the top’s corner. I like disciplined, dominant tops, especially stories with the top as the main character. I avoid top angst, tops being humiliated, weak tops, weak bottoms, and tops fawning over bottoms. Also includes no-couple stories. These are books I can reread many times.

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Personal opinions

Didn't Finish, But Got Tired of Them: A Personal Reading List

Top-Led Quick Transmigration / Episodic Novels

Notes on years of quick transmigration and episodic stories. I prefer scheming tops, power couples, the bottom taking the lead, and mutual pampering. I can't stand devoted puppy-dog tops, and I'm not too fond of soft, sweet bottoms.

Top-Bottom Couples Who Spoil Each Other, Saved for My Own Reading (Pure CPJ Taste)

Both leads are completely devoted to each other, body and soul, and have eyes for no one else. I care about the romance above all else and love watching couples fall in love. KK genderbenders, shou-fans, anyone who breaks up or reverses the ship, and self-insert dreamers are assumed to be here in bad faith.

Mutual Pampering or Top-Biased Ramblings

Both gong- and bottom-focused. I'm a very omnivorous, easygoing gong fan and can switch preferences freely (I really will read anything). My only dealbreakers are red-eyed gongs who grab the bottom by the waist and pound them, and stories that spend too much time fixating on the bottom.

A Dedicated Life of Pampering My Seme

My personal take: mutual pampering, with a slight focus on the top. A rambling note with content warnings, no attempt to give everyone equal attention. I’m an occasional oddball shipper who gravitates toward relationships that are fun to read, with 1 at the center. The treasure trove’s SQJ.

Saving Books I Like

Saved for reference

Stories I've Finished

I only like reading about couples falling in love. Sweet and satisfying stories are the best. Even the angsty ones are usually hard on the body, not the heart. There are crossover and original works.

Favorite Works with Male Pursuers

Mostly strong couples who dote on each other and get a happy ending. I like the top or bottom's characterization. No group favorites, Mary Sues, one-sided crushes, hzc, loyal dogs, crybabies, or weak tops and bottoms. Ongoing novels I enjoy go here too.

A World of Flowers ②

A collection of pure-love quick transmigration and anthology stories

Just for Myself, No Browsing for Books, All Complaints

I often only read a few chapters. I’ve noted why I dropped each one, so beware: I can be a bit harsh, and these are all personal dealbreakers. I’m writing this down so I don’t forget why I dropped a book, since I keep revisiting the ones I abandoned.

Multiple Dominant Male Leads, Balanced Pairing Preferences, Personal Taste

A mix of popular and underrated picks. I’m not into weak gong with a strong shou, or heartthrob characters. I’m firmly committed to 1v1 romances. If a book is well written, I’ll take that back. I’ve put some no-couple stories here too.

Mutual, Pure Love (Check the Blurb for Warnings)

My tastes are all over the place. As long as the couple are in a 1v1 relationship and truly love each other, with strong mutual feelings, I’m in. M3 and KK who only like S/G, run if you don’t want to get upset. Hardcore fans of equal treatment, beware.

Top-Focused Mutual Devotion, No Weak Tops: No KK

My personal archive. To me, mutual pampering is the point. Whether the top spoils the bottom or the bottom spoils the top depends on their characterization, as long as the feelings are strongly mutual. I hate one-sided relationships.

Top-Led, Power Couples, Mutual Devotion with a Top-Leaning Tilt, Quick Transmigration

Purely personal taste. Mostly quick transmigration. I just love strong bottoms.

Great Quick Transmigration and Infinite-Flow Collection

As the title says

In a Reading Slump? A Big Collection of Top-Pursuer Stories, Part 1

Sweet danmei with a gong protagonist, all of which I bought in full. Note: I have very few squicks. No angst or bad endings on this list, and there's everything from strong to weak, tall to short gongs.

Personal Favorites: Danmei With a Top (Sweet Romance)

I like 1v1 mutual pampering, no misunderstandings, and deeply emotional stories where both sides are equally devoted. I can't stand obsessive fans of specific roles, the universally adored trope, childbirth or child-rearing, or tops treated like bottoms. Everything else depends on my tastes.

A Personal Archive of Stories I've Read (BG and BL)

Mostly gong-centric stories.

Seme-Focused Reading Feast 1.0

My phone lagged and deleted a bunch of books I’d saved... I’ll find time to sort them into categories again later.

Worth Rereading

I love all kinds: shou-focused, gong-focused, power couples, strong gong and weaker shou, and shou doting on gong. They're all here. (The star ratings don't reflect how good they are. Every book on this list is worth rereading over and over!!)

Great Top-Dom BL Novels, Read at Least Once

Mostly strong couples who dote on each other, with happy endings. Completed stories with plots that don’t hit my no-go zones, and a lead whose character I like, whether gong or shou. I’ll try to add one or two new reads each month. Ongoing stories go on another list.

Pure Love, Protagonist-Centered

There are both top and bottom protagonists. My one kink is protagonists who are unapologetically scummy, plus dog-training stories. There are kinkier ones as well as sweet romances. This list is my top recommendation.