The Straight-Laced Cannon Fodder Caught the Protagonist Shou's Eye

Bottom-Centric, Mutual Pampering, or Top-Centric

Gong appreciation from the shou’s perspective. This list is purely to indulge my personal penchant for seeing gongs through the shou’s eyes, and I’m not responsible for content warnings.

Beautiful Seme, Handsome Uke (Uke-Focused)

Based on my own tastes. My type is a beautiful/cute, short seme × a strong, handsome, swoon-worthy uke, but I’m an uke fan and uke-loyalist. Seme fans, stay away. Everyone has their own preferences; mine aren’t the same as yours.

Mud-Themed Seme

Some novels I think are worth reading. I don't do much filtering for landmines.

A Heads-Up: Authors Who Write for the Laughs

A bunch of fun little reads

Pica Kink (Personal Archive)

Beautiful tops and strong bottoms, Cthulhu, nonhumans, bottoms who torment the tops, tops who are doted on, and wallpaper-love tops.

Handsome Gong, Beautiful Shou

For CPJ, I lean toward stories that make the bottom shine. The bottom should be charming, handsome, and cool in everything they do. I'm okay with a top who acts clingy or is a bit of a bottom in the relationship, but absolutely no rimming or the bottom topping. The most important thing is that they love each other.

BL with Dominant Tops, Romance with Male-Lead Fans Beware

I'll insult the bottom and the heroine, so if that bothers you, don't come here and make yourself miserable. Jubao takes the hits meant for the male lead and the top.

Mostly Based on My Personal Kinks

I’m a top-mom and a sucker for cute tops, especially younger, pathetic tops. I only care about the top. I’m very picky and will selectively turn a blind eye while reading. I might not be able to handle top stans; bottom stans, stay away. I’m a picky omnivore, so click with caution.

A Little Venting Goes a Long Way

I just want to read about two people mutually choosing each other. You authors can write a bad plot if you want, but what's with making the romance this bad too? I'm furious.

A Mutual-Doting Reading List for Readers with No Particular Ship Preferences

I'll read any genre as long as the couple dotes on each other. I have more squicks than raindrops, though.

Angsty Seme, Sickly Seme, Pica, Pretty Seme

Records

Odd tastes, leaning toward 1. In other words, both stories with unusual tastes and stories leaning toward 1 will show up on this list, and I'll label them.

For Personal Use: Beautiful Men on Top, Strong Bottoms, Strong Women, Men and Male Tops Get Hurt

My preferences: in BL, a delicate young-lady type beauty gong with an intense crush on a cool, handsome shou with irresistible charisma; clingy and sweet, bittersweet, GB, and BG with a strong female lead and an insecure, beautiful male lead who is like a little accessory.

BL and Miscellaneous, No Content Warnings

I'm very invested in the protagonists. What I find appealing has changed over time, so some things I used to accept might be dealbreakers now. Aside from writing style and worldview, though, nothing really bothers me.

The Moon Was There Back Then

I lean toward stories with a top protagonist, but can't guarantee how much. Anyway, these are all top protagonists I finished reading and loved ^^

Discovering the Beauty of the World: Handsome Men in the 0 Slot

Entirely my personal taste. I like beautiful tops and handsome bottoms, and couples who dote on each other, especially when the top does the doting. Most are told from the top’s perspective, but there are some bottom-perspective stories too if they suit my tastes. Check the tags carefully.

Handsome Top / Strong, Handsome Bottom

The list title tells you what to expect. It includes some personal anti-recommendations, not just recommendations. Entirely subjective.

Mostly Top Characters with Unusual Tastes

Mostly from the receiver’s point of view, or with other potentially divisive elements.

Handsome Bottoms (Saved)

I like handsome bottom characters, and might include muscular bottoms too. Pretty boys show up now and then. I’m neither top- nor bottom-biased, and I have no hang-ups. I don’t read 1vN. I’ve read lots of historical danmei, so please recommend some to me.

Handsome, Dashing, Godlike, Strong Bottoms

A personal reading list of handsome bottoms. There are so few, so I’m organizing them here to keep from forgetting. As long as the bottom is handsome and has a good figure, I’m happy. I love godlike bottoms most. Not all are 1v1. I’m bottom-focused and dislike possessive tops.

Beautiful Seme, Especially When the Original Bottom Turns Top

Beautiful tops and handsome bottoms (the top must be beautiful), younger tops, protagonist tops with villain bottoms, Mary Sue tops, scheming tops. Mostly stories where the bottom transmigrates into a book and ends up with the original protagonist as the top (the bottom becoming the top is more common)

Book Transmigration: Original Bottom Turns Top

I really love stories where the original bottom turns into the top.

Books

A mixed bag, with a little bit of everything

Finished or Nearly Finished Reading

I absolutely love dual-A, equally strong couples, especially setups with a younger, sly seme and a cool, aloof uke! Some only get four stars at most because of the setup.