68 Best Kingdom Building Novels
Hey Guys, I have compiled a list of 68 Kingdom Building Novels. If I may have missed out on some, do comment and I will add to the list.
Note:
- CN: Chinese Novels
- JP: Japanese Novels
- KR: Korean Novels
- O: Original Novels
God Complex: Main Character have reached the power of Gods and acts as a god.
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Here’s the Table with the List of Top Kingdom Building Novels and Where you can read them.
| Novels | Remark |
| 1. Sword of Dawnbreaker CN [ Webnovel ] | Use of modern Knowledge in Magical Medieval age, World Revolution, Action |
| 2. Overlord JP [ Amazon | BookDepository ] | Highly detailed plot and best character and world development. |
| 3. Holy Roman Empire CN [ Webnovel ] | Intelligent, Cunning and Cautious Main Character, Too much Politics, has best kingdom building |
| 4. Black Iron Glory CN [ VeraTales ] | Slow Paced Story, Detailed Worldbuilding and Varied Culture, Cautious and smart main characters |
| 5. Wortenia Senki JP [ Amazon ] | Sword + Blood + Ruthless Main Character + Smart Main Character |
| 6. Tales of Reincarnated Lord CN [ VeraTales ] | Very Detailed World Events, Blood + Gore + Harem+ Action + War |
| 7. City of Sin CN [ Amazon ] | Dark + Tragedy + Harem(unlike others) |
| 8. The Human Emperor CN [ FanTranslation ] | Best Antagonists, Interesting Plot, Wars, and Strategies are best |
| 9. Gamers of Underworld CN [ Webnovel ] | Unique Comedy Novel |
| 10. Chrysalis O [ Webnovel | RoyalRoad ] | Monster Reincarnation, Level System |
| 11. I have a Mansion in Post Apocalyptic World CN [ Webnovel ] | Harem, Apocalyptic World |
| 12. Kingdom’s Bloodline CN [ Webnovel ] | Best Political Novel, Smart Cautious Main Character |
| 13. Low Dimensional Game CN [ Webnovel ] | God Complex, Best World Building |
| 14. Genius Prince’s National Revitalization from State Deficit ~ Right, Let Us Sell the Country JP [ Amazon | BookDepository ] | Comedy, Best Strategies |
| 15. Empress’s Gigolo CN [ Webnovel ] | A unique concept, Best Female Lead |
| 16. Magic Industry Empire CN [ VeraTales ] | Too much Smooth Sailing plot, Harem |
| 17. Release that Witch CN [ Webnovel | Amazon ] | Use of modern Knowledge, Weak Main Character, Best world development |
| 18. World Domination System O [ Webnovel ] | Okay and Overrated |
| 19. Lord’s Empire CN [ Webnovel ] | Okay |
| 20. Soul of Negary CN [ Webnovel ] | Dark, Evil Main character |
| 21. Road to Crown O [ Webnovel | RoyalRoad ] | |
| 22. War that Transcends Timeline O [ Webnovel ] | |
| 23. Out of Space O [ Webnovel | RoyalRoad ] | |
| 24. Time Traveller’s Guide to Feudal Japan O [ Webnovel ] | |
| 25. King of German Mercenary O [ FanTranslation ] | |
| 26. I am King of Technology O [ Webnovel ] | |
| 27. Shepherding Humanity CN [ FanTranslation ] | God Complex |
| 28. Master of Science and Technology CN [ FanTranslation ] | Science + Cultivation |
| 29. Age of Cosmic Exploration CN [ Webnovel ] | Scifi, Average Story |
| 30. Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki JP [ FanTranslation ] | |
| 31. Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi JP [ FanTranslation ] | R-18, good world-building |
| 32. I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! JP [ FanTranslation ] | Misunderstood Main Character + Comedy + Scifi |
| 33. I am God of Games CN [ Webnovel ] | God Complex, Level System |
| 34. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom JP [ Amazon | BookDepository ] | Great story, Good Detailed plot and world events, Smart Main Character |
| 35. Mediterranean Hegemon Of Ancient Greece CN [ FanTranslation ] | |
| 36. Isekai Tensei Soudouki JP [ FanTranslation ] | |
| 37. Everlasting Immortal Firmament CN [ FanTranslation ] | |
| 38. Yama Rising CN [ WuxiaWorld ] | Modern + Cultivation + Thriller |
| 39. Rise of the Lord O [ RoyalRoad ] | |
| 40. Iron Dynasty CN [ ] | Developing medieval kingdom into a technological powerhouse, Similar to Release that Witch |
| 41. Rebirth Dominator CN [ Raws ] | This is a sequel story of Low Dimensional Game by the same author. |
| 42. Creating a Sandbox World CN [ FanTranslation ] | Similar to Low Dimensional Game, Main Character gets a Sandbox. He evolves ordinary humans at first and later creates a magic Civilization, Cultivation civilization, Elf Civilization, etc |
| 43. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime JP [ Amazon | BookDepository ] | Best World-Building and Character Building, Has the best Kingdom Building |
| 44. Lord of the Magical Beasts CN [ Webnovel ] | Monster Pet, decent story |
| 45. My Hair can create a Demon Civilization CN [ Raws ] | From the Author of Shepherding humanity. MC gets a ship that can travel through time and space, Creates Civilization in small spaces like a table or garden. |
| 46. I’m a God in Another World CN [ Read ] | God’s Complex |
| 47. Original Wizard CN [ Read ] | Similar to the Throne of magical arcane, but magic doesn’t exist in the world, only gods do. MC studies gods and their descendants and creates magic civilization from scratch. |
| 48. Perfect World CN [ WuxiaWorld ] | |
| 49. Green Skin KR [ FanTranslation ] | Monster Reincarnation + Revenge driven + Action + Adventure |
| 50. Goblin King JP [ FanTranslation ] | Monster Reincarnation + Action + Adventure |
| 51. Tree of Aeons O [ RoyalRoad ] | World Development from the Perspective of a Tree |
| 52. Isekai Apocalypse Mynoghra JP [ FanTranslation ] | Has Similar Premise as Overlord, Fleshed out Characters, interesting World and Plot Development. |
| 53. The Iron Teeth: A Goblin’s Tale O [ Amazon | RoyalRoad ] | Non-Human Main Character, Slow World Building |
| 54. Enlightened Empire O [ RoyalRoad ] | |
| 55. World of cultivation CN [ FanTranslation ] | Cultivation, Good and Well Balanced Story |
| 56. Summoned Slaughterer JP [ FanTranslation ] | Ruthless Main Character |
| 57. Otherworld Nation Founding Chronicles JP [ FanTranslation ] | Intelligent Main Character, Starts out good and unique |
| 58. I Am The Monarch KR [ FanTranslation ] | Best Kingdom Building, Intelligent Main Character |
| 59. Farming Life in Another World JP [ Amazon | BookDepository ] | Farming + Slice of Life |
| 60. Cthulhu Gonfalon CN [ Webnovel ] | God Complex, Average Story |
| 61. The World Online CN [ Webnovel ] | |
| 62. Forgotten Conqueror O [ RoyalRoad ] | |
| 63. Hail The King CN [ FanTranslation ] | Fine Story, System/power Kinda inconsistent |
| 64. Garudeina Oukoku Koukoku Ki JP [ FanTranslation ] | |
| 65. The Amber Sword CN [ FanTranslation ] | Great and Detailed World Building, Intelligent Main Character and Fleshed out Side Characters |
| 66. Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World CN [ FanTranslation ] | 10K+ Chapters |
| 67. Immortality CN [ FanTranslation ] | BEST Story, Intelligent Main Character, Cultivation |
| 68. Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter JP [ FanTranslation ] |
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