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Reading is a personal thing. Everyone has different ages, life experiences, and tastes, so the same book can receive very different reactions. What’s a treasure to one person may be poison to another. I’m no authority, so I wouldn’t presume to tout my list as definitive. I’ve just been reading for quite a few years, and I’ve gotten fairly good at avoiding books that aren’t for me. I hope this list can be useful when you’re out of things to read. Everyone has plenty of pressure from work and study these days, so reading shouldn’t add to your stress. The main reason to read web novels is to relax, so a good story comes first. But if the writing is poor and fails to get the point across, it’s easy to get pulled out of the story. Wish fulfillment is normal in web novels, but if it’s too far removed from reality and the author lacks life experience, the result is often just self-indulgence. Readers will only get more and more bored. It doesn’t matter if the author’s writing is dazzling or takes you to heaven and back: readers want a story, not to watch you play with building blocks for your own amusement. My tastes fluctuate. If I haven’t read web novels in a long time, even a simple, formulaic story can be fun. If I’ve been reading for a while, I might search around for ages and still not find anything I like. I try to pick novels I enjoy at the time, and if I still think they’re good later, I add them here for everyone to consider. If you think one of my recommendations is bad, feel free to leave a comment and discuss it. I tend to like well-written wish-fulfillment stories with creative ideas, carefully designed payoffs, and well-paced plots with proper buildup. Characters should act in keeping with their intelligence and role. I also read historical and cultivation novels, since I think those two genres are the least likely to become dated and the most likely to produce classics. I also like audiobooks, so I’m a little less strict about the writing in comedies.