No cliches. I'm so done with reading the same kind of stories over and over again. Please only recommend genuinely ORIGINAL original novels (or original translated novels but I doubt there are many of those). Include title, synopsis, and a link to the novel.

Here is a list of things your recommendation should NOT have:
1) System
2) Reincarnation
3) Cultivation
4) Video games
5) Transported to another world
6) Romance between the female lead and an overbearing CEO
7) Barely any story or plot and mostly just porn
8) Incoherent rambling (that I do not care to read)

Thank you for sharing. Novels that violate the list will be asked to be removed from thread.

    I don't know if this counts as original enough because it may seem like it has a mary-sue character from the beginning, but I promise that it'll get better as the story & characters develop. ;v;

    SYNOPSIS
    Su Xueying, princess of Danyan, has been lucky for her entire life. However, after a marriage arrangement was created between her and Emperor Yang from the opposite country, Yeming, Xueying is determined that her good luck has come to an end. From then on, everyone and everything seems to be out there to ruin her life, and upon one of those incidents, she meets a handsome mountain bandit, Mo Ruchen, who appears to be much more than what he looks like on the outside.

    There's only one chapter so far because I've only just published it, but there will be daily updates!
    Cover
    Blossoms of Red

      Mine was part of the writing contest for Cinderella. MC is a noble and it's the life before her tragic story begins. Still in the works haven't killed off the dad yet but has met the potential step mother. All modern except for the founders fairytale she loves to hear. ML is still young and finding his own path, not a CEO.
      https://m.webnovel.com/book/11241536305310005
      I don't thin I ramble but it's my first novel and I have only one comment on a chapter and I tried not to cry from happiness.

        Royalroadl novels are more western oriented. You can try your luck there. I believe that many novels there will satisfy your conditions🤗

          Silangan Authors there actually proofread their work before posting them. gasp

          le gasp!

          Heresy!

          Although I agree with the rest, its a pain in the ass to search in ao3

              Title: The Plane Romance

              Synopsis: A plane as they would now call it but I would remember the time on it differently.

              A plane timed romance or romance that would transcend the restriction of the plane's flight.

              A woman he impulsively loves.

              But it is fated to be one-sided, or will he find a way even with her having a boyfriend?

              Link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/11323013706327505/The-Plane-Romance

                • System : This remove most novel here...
                • Reincarnation : Oh God. This remove most female MC novel...
                • Cultivation : This is getting difficult... You even remove cultivation and system... then it is modern. You have removed almost all Chinese webnovel...
                • Video games : Lol. You even removed the big part of modern world. You removed most Korean novel.
                • Transported to another world : OMG. You removed most Japan light novel. You even removed SweetTomato's novel.
                • Romance between the female lead and an overbearing CEO : How about a lady and somehow an overbearing king? This almost made ALL romantic fiction out of the window.
                • Barely any story or plot and mostly just porn : This is fine. Some didn't like porn. However, you just removed the rest of Japan novel that is left in modern world.
                • Incoherent rambling (that I do not care to read) : This is remove this Rabbink novel. Gwahahaha.

                In short. Oh God Rabbink! I think you should check Western Fantasy. Harry Potter, LoTR, perhaps watching Game of Throne (It had some many 'porn' scene, but it is not important part and just to get some viewer.)

                Perhaps you might be interested in 'Dungeon' story with level and monster positioning.

                    Misguided_Rooster doesn't have to be modern day.
                    No restrictions on original language or origin.
                    It also doesn't have to be from Qidan.

                        Water0202020 I'm not particularly looking for something western-oriented but thank you for the suggestion. I will take a look.

                            MasterRabbink LOL
                            I'm not sure Western Fantasy was what I was going for when I made that list. I think I just wanted to read something really out there so that's why there were so many restrictions. I do enjoy some of the novels that have elements on the list but only in moderation.

                                Lemonfairy :D

                                Try Sweet Tomatoes novel. It might suit you. I also saw a 'harvest moon' like novel.

                                What DarkDelusion said is correct, you can find some a bit western fantasy there. You only save 'catastrophe' and 'dungeon' theme from your black list. Gwahahaha.

                                    Lemonfairy if you are searching within webnovel, perhaps 'rebirth of the entertainment giant' and 'little devil, be nice' should fulfill the criteria🤔.

                                    There are some other possible choices like 'not a cultivator' as well, which does not have much(any) plot, and is kinda like a gag novel.

                                        To walk the mist.... It's basically wuxia. The main character goes on some quest in his world and entered the mist. He fry's a special constitution that makes him one of a kind in that world... His master is basically a shameless old man trying to kill.... Cough.. I mean, train him. Now he must reach the stage of god eater to return to his world. Interested?

                                        To walk the mist

                                          Silangan this made me laugh. proofread? I doubt the guys in ffn.net even know what the word edit means. They're even more amateurish than the original authors here, and that's saying something.

                                          As for ao3, the level of professionalism the is somewhat higher so yes, they do proofread, problem being 99% of content on that site tends to be erotica in one form or another.

                                          Of course, this is just me talking about generalities, I don't deny there are some. Very good stuff there, works that are of even better quality than anything webnovel currently bad to offer. No Chinese stuff though, and it's all fandom based, so you'd be hardpressed to find good original novels.

                                              I thought that those tags were there to emphasize not recommending total cliches or highly used troupes. Those novels have unique traits.(For eg: 'devil, be nice' may have reincarnation, but it mostly focuses on comedy and is not generic). But, If it meant literally, then that is true

                                                I'm most irked by those generic blurbs found on western novels that go:
                                                [Name] was just an ordinary [guy/girl/other], but one day everything changed...
                                                cringe

                                                  bachingchung I just want a breath of fresh air. Something totally out there. I don't really care how prevalent cliches are in writing in general. If an author can make a wonderful story based of a cliche that's great but not really what I'm looking for.

                                                      Lemonfairy the pool of original novels are filled with reincarnation, wuxia, xianxia, system, fantasy, gaming and CEO love stories. Some may look original at the beginning, but after a few chapters... Boom! System appears!

                                                          Lemonfairy I just wanted to let you know that I took your advise about my cringey synopsis and have made it hopefully a little better. Thank you for pointing out the massive error on my part :)

                                                            here are some recommends that i feel like you should try giving a look even though im gonna ignore most of the things you listed as i dont want to rack my brains trying to google search novels ive read in my brain..just google where to read them

                                                            Brimstone Fantasy
                                                            "Action, Adventure, Cyberpunk, Fantasy, In-Progress, LitRPG, Magic, Male Lead, Original, Reincarnation, Sci-fi, Summoned Hero" dont let the tags fool you, even I as someone sick of the typical tropes liked this one

                                                            Shovels in Spades
                                                            "Action, Anti-Hero Lead, Fantasy, In-Progress, LitRPG, Magic, Male Lead, Non-Human lead, Original, Romance, Secret Identity, Strong Lead, Supernatural, Tragedy" one of those typical apocalypse game system novels but hey mc's got a shovel so thats somewhat different... i guess

                                                            Mother of Learning
                                                            got no tags for this one except its like a groundhog day type of setting in a fantasy world... no reincarnations here mc is pretty much a local

                                                            The Daily Grind
                                                            "Action, Adventure, Comedy, Contemporary, In-Progress, Original, Supernatural" group of friends in RL go dungeon diving at the back of a call center office battling staplers, monitors, and tangled wires and acquiring loot such cash, coffee machines and weird candies. also looting skill orbs for like +1 level in felattio which the mc got and he's a male

                                                            The Ten Realms
                                                            "Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, In-Progress, LitRPG, Male Lead, Multiple Lead Characters, Original, Wuxia" liked the first version but author deleted it and new version added in some elements that will attract a little bit of those fujoshis

                                                            The Spider
                                                            a spiderman self insert fanfiction, gary stuish, harem r-18 ff which is supposed to make me sneer in utter disdain but apparently i quite like it. blow me

                                                            World full of monsters
                                                            a naruto self-insert another SI fanfic that i quite like, must be because of how good the author is and also mc kills sasuke which ive been wishing for ever since i started watching naruto XD

                                                            A Farmers Tale
                                                            GOT Self insert about an mc that farms and makes a family... you might think its dull but this is like a refresher for me

                                                            somehow got the urge to stop here even though i have a lot more to recommend but what the urge tells you follow

                                                              I want to know.. what part of world transmigration that make you blacklisting them?

                                                                Yohanlie I'm not blacklisting them completely since I will still read them but for the purpose of finding something that is completely different and original (the point of this post), there are too many stories about transmigration for it to not be included on the list.

                                                                    Yohanlie like 95% of the stories I've come across contains transmigration in one form or another.

                                                                        I can recommend "Invincible Alien Conquerer", plot is original and the premise/MC has a nice twist. A lot of potential for future storylines in my opinion.
                                                                        So far 4 chaps out, author says 7/week, lets see if (s)he has enough stamina
                                                                        Avoids most things on the list so far, setting is another world, but he isn't transported there like in a typical 'Isekai' novel but rather sent by the Queen of its species to find new planets to conquer - it isn't a xianxia kind, but it is implied that there are 'empires' that develop on magic or cultivation

                                                                          Lemonfairy tell me if theres a novel that i listed that you liked.... i dont expect you to like them all as different strokes for different blokes but if there are any that you like tell me so that i can match any other novels that i think would go to your references

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