How to Counter a Conquest in ABO

Mud Top, Condensed Top: Novel Reviews

I'm only mildly particular about my favorites. I like beautiful male characters and powerful couples. The star ratings reflect my personal taste, so there's no need to use them as a reference. This list includes books with all levels of focus on particular characters, so judge for yourself.

Interstellar Insectoid ABO [Updated Irregularly]

Recommendations for fans who prefer tops, organized by theme. In short: interstellar, insectoid, ABO, and Sentinel/Guide stories. Not all the tops are beauties, but at least they’re good-looking. How much you’ll enjoy them varies, so use your own judgment.

Favorites I Love and Look Forward To

Irresistible gongs, cool and handsome gongs who eat oranges. Definitely into gong-centered stories, not shou-centered ones. Love orange shous

Top-Obsessed, Bottom Spoils and Pursues the Top, Possessive Bottoms

Hardcore top enthusiast. I love bottoms who pamper tops, tops who get chased, popular tops, and beautiful tops. Don't doubt how devoted I am to tops. I love strong, beautiful couples, and bottoms who dote on their top like a treasure.

Top-Pov Stories, Complete Collection

Keeping track

Reading Log with Personal Content Warnings (September)

I love protagonists and tops. Usually, my protagonist bias is stronger than my top bias, but I can't stand tops who are too dominant in bed. I only like bottoms who are submissive in bed, and I stan tops without getting weirdly possessive. I'll flag some books in the comments.

Read These (And Be Sure to Check the Comments and Notes)

I mainly like male protagonists and male love interests, with a mild to moderate preference. (The content is a bit eclectic, and my preferences vary, so check for yourself.) There are both dominant and submissive love interests; I’m not picky. (Note: read the comments!!)

Top POV

I've read lots of top-leaning romance stories and don't want to forget them, so here's a record of the ones I liked best. I filter out the ones I don't like myself.

Top-Tier Seme Collection: Completed Stories

All the novels I recommend may contain landmines. I tend to prefer dominant gong types, and in the romance, the shou is more devoted to the gong than the other way around. Beloved-by-all gongs, weak gongs, cold gongs, Mary Sue gongs, powerful gongs (in name only, with a bit of everything).

Books I Think Are Good

Some are pure romance, some have no romance, and some are heterosexual romance

Top-Centric Fiction, I’ll Always Love a Pampered Top

I like pretty tops and handsome bottoms. All useless bottoms should be sent packing. My tastes are varied, so not everything will suit top fans. I read for the story, not the author.

Personal Picks: Top-Protagonist Stories

I don't know how to describe this category, but I like them all. Some are free, and some are long. I'll keep adding to it over time. Mostly a personal collection.

Top-Focused, Pampered Tops, Beloved by All, Part 3

Includes reviews. This collection is full, so new additions will go in 2.0 [recommendations and rants included]. (Highlight: I'm a switch who leans toward tops, not a pure top-only reader.)

Male Protagonist Fics I’ve Read (Pampered Male Leads, Male-Lead Fans)

I’m into pampered bottoms and bottoms adored by everyone! I like tops with a bit of a dom vibe! I don’t care much about whether the characters are virgins, though most probably are.

Writing

Top Protagonists, Beloved by All, or No Romance

Mostly stories with a male protagonist in the giving role. These are all personal favorites. You can check the author's profile for details, since everyone has different deal-breakers.

Top-Led, Top-Indulgent Reading Log 2

My top priorities are pampered gong protagonists and powerful Mary Sue shou protagonists. My thing is seeing powerful gong characters get toyed with. I generally don't read stories with non-consensual sex.

A Niche Treat for Those Who Like Playing with Top Characters [Top POV]

If you don't play as the top, what are you even playing for? If you don't like it, you're not the target audience, so don't ruin it for everyone else. A list of stories for those whose tastes include playing the top and some mild top angst.

Top-Gong

Just an ordinary gong-centric reading list.

True Bottom-Slash Books, Vol. 2

Stories with a weak-in-bed gong. I’ll start another list once the current one is full. This list only considers whether the gong is weak in bed; he may not be doted on by the shou.

Looks Like a Top, Weak in Bed

Looks like a strong top, but is weak in bed (??????????????). Come take a look as you pass by!

A Top Fan's Reading Log

Exactly as the title says. If more than half your ratings on VIP novels are five stars, they won't let you keep rating. JJ, I'll report you to the authorities and have you arrested! What a lousy system. Some four-star ratings are actually five stars, if you know what I mean.

Hello

Top-focused stories. I love when the bottom pampers the top. Strong tops and weak tops are all my treasures. I especially love fake-strong tops and rimming. I'll specifically mark the ones with rimming. I swear there are no jackhammer tops here, my precious tops.

Top-Defender and Bed-Weakness Collection

Weak in bed! Weak in bed! Weak in bed! Ongoing list. Some stories technically count as weak in bed, but they feel a bit off to me, so I haven't added them.