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 has reached the power of Gods and acts like 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. Release that Witch CN [ Webnovel | Amazon ] | Use of modern Knowledge, Weak Main Character, Best world development [ Read Comic ] [ Read My Review ] |
| 2. Overlord JP [ Amazon ] [ Other Stores ] | Highly detailed plot and the best character and world development. |
| 3. Gamers of Underworld CN [ Webnovel ] | Unique Comedy Novel, Dungeon 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 ] [ Other Stores ] | 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. Holy Roman Empire CN [ Webnovel ] | Intelligent, Cunning, and Cautious Main Character, Too much Politics, has the best kingdom building [ My Review ] Highly Recommended |
| 10. Chrysalis O [ Webnovel | RoyalRoad | Other Stores ] | Monster Reincarnation, Level System |
| 11. I have a Mansion in Post Apocalyptic World CN [ Webnovel ] | Harem, Apocalyptic World [ Read Comic ] |
| 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. Sword of Dawnbreaker CN [ Webnovel ] | Use of modern Knowledge in Magical Medieval age, World Revolution, Action |
| 18. World Domination System O [ Webnovel ] | Okay and Overrated |
| 19. Lord’s Empire CN [ Webnovel ] | Okay Story, Wars |
| 20. Soul of Negary CN [ Webnovel ] | Dark, Evil Main character |
| 21. Road to Crown O [ Webnovel | RoyalRoad ] | Transmigration, System, Use of Modern Knowledge |
| 22. War that Transcends Timeline O [ Webnovel ] | Wars and Military |
| 23. Out of Space O [ Webnovel | RoyalRoad ] | Magic, Adventure, Action |
| 24. Time Traveller’s Guide to Feudal Japan O [ Webnovel ] | Time Travel, Wars, Historical |
| 25. King of German Mercenary O [ FanTranslation ] | Medieval World, Wars, Military Building, Use of Modern Knowledge |
| 26. I am King of Technology O [ Webnovel ] | Sci-fi |
| 27. Shepherding Humanity CN [ FanTranslation ] | Good World Building, 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 ] | Comedy, Mature, Uprising, Militia Training |
| 31. Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi JP [ FanTranslation ] | R-18, Romance, Good world-building |
| 32. I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! JP [ Amazon ] [ BookDepository ] | 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, [ un-needed excessive ] Harem |
| 35. Mediterranean Hegemon Of Ancient Greece CN [ FanTranslation ] | Set in the time of Ancient Greece, MC takes control of Greek settlement in South Italy. Expands from there [ Read Review ] Highly Recommended |
| 36. Isekai Tensei Soudouki JP [ FanTranslation ] | Comedy, Use of Modern Knowledge, Wars, Fights |
| 37. Everlasting Immortal Firmament CN [ FanTranslation ] | Cultivation |
| 38. Yama Rising CN [ WuxiaWorld ] | Modern + Cultivation + Thriller |
| 39. Rise of the Lord O [ RoyalRoad ] | Intelligent Main Character, Schemes |
| 40. Iron Dynasty CN [ ] | Developing the 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, a 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 ] | Comedy, Cultivation, Action |
| 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 a Similar Premise as Overlord, Fleshed Characters, an 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 ] | Use of Modern Knowledge, Politics, Schemes, Action |
| 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 ] | Good World Development |
| 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 [ Amazon ] [ BookDepository ] | Intelligent Main Character, Good Story development, Amazing World Development |
| 69. Legend of Arch Magus O [ Amazon ] [ BookDepository ] | Smart, Overpowered Protagonist, Wars [ My Review ] |
| 70. Wandering Inn O [ Amazon ] | Best Novel on this list, with a vast and amazing world full of life, realistic character development, wars, mysteries, Universal System |
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The most complete list i have ever seen, but one position of novel i dont see. Spoilers:………………..
Miracle throne bay the way great novel maybe no pure kingdom building but in the end mc will be more powerful then som emperors
Look at The Golden Throne. It is a good kingdom building novel. I am on patreon, so I am far ahead in the story, and it is promising.
Thanks. I will check it out
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I will put the novel on the list. Thanks for your suggestions.
I feel Tyranny of Steel by zenmeister would be a good fit to the list.
I will look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Thank you for your suggestions , i did read Iron dyanasty can you recommend something similar to it like from medival to mordern type
The number one novel in that theme is Release that witch whose link you can find in the above table. Also, the Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece and the Holy Roman Empire will be perfect for you. You can find the links to them in the table above. If you want to read the review, I will give the links here:
https://dragneelclub.com/kingdom-building-novel-review-mediterranean-hegemon-of-ancient-greece/
https://dragneelclub.com/holy-roman-empire-kingdom-building-novel-review/
I have searched far and wide for this list and you’re the closest i can relate to. Thank you very much.
I suggest Bulgarian Empire, same author with Holy Roman Empire. You know what I mean.