r/DanmeiNovels is a subreddit with 80k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses novel, danmei, hate, looking, and recommendations, and they frequently recommend/review audio drama, novel, and manhwa.
A place for fans of Chinese danmei, BL web novels of any language, and their respective fandoms! Original works welcome as well.
Discussion of derivative works such a donghua, live actions, audio dramas, and manhua are also encouraged!
Popular Themes in r/DanmeiNovels
#1
Advice Requests
: "Help finding a novel"
22 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I couldn’t find a good tracker for my readings so I made my own"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I don't like it when ml is stronger than mc"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Did some shopping while visiting family in China"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "What's up with all the recent harassment of creators, and what can we do to improve things?"
1 post
#6
News
: "Qingping Dream of Splendor Chronicle by Fei Tian Ye Xiang has reportedly been licensed in English"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/DanmeiNovels
#1
Novel
: "Looking for Novel Recommendations of BL horror infinite flow"
72 posts
#2
Danmei
: "one can never have enough Danmei ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀"
59 posts
#3
Hate
46 posts
#4
Looking
32 posts
#5
Recommendations
: "Recommendations where MC ends up with someone related to their ex"
32 posts
#6
Bl
: "I'm looking for Bl novels similar to "The Flower Walks The Night.""
25 posts
#7
Novels
: "Am I the only one who completely misunderstood the romance in Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know?"
15 posts
#8
Recommendation
: "i read lovely allergen, wildhood friends, and paper plane and DOES ANYONE HAVE SIMILAR RECS PLEASE"
13 posts
#9
Discussion
: "Faraway Wanderers and Lord Seventh are now open for licensing and multiple publishers are bidding for them"
11 posts
#10
Struggling
10 posts
Products Discussed in r/DanmeiNovels
Audio Drama
35 reviews
#1
QJJ
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Your Distance
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Sha Po Lang
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Novel
24 reviews
#1
Priest
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
QJJ
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Light in the Deep Alley
4.0★ from 1 review
Manhwa
7 reviews
#1
Lost in the Cloud
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
D:AZE
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Unsound Relationship
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/DanmeiNovels
#1
Recommendations
: "Has anyone read Error: Metamorphosis by Lin Qian?"
58 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Why am I just finding out about this now?! 😭"
29 posts
#3
Official Translation
: "Happy release day to Married Thrice to Salted Fish vol 3!"
24 posts
#4
Publication Updates
: "New Danmei Cover Reveal: Case File Compendium Final Volume 10"
17 posts
#5
Merch
: "Husband left me in Barnes & Noble for an hour. Alone. Unsupervised."
15 posts
#6
Question
: "Where is this drawing from?"
13 posts
#7
Fanart
: "Guess whom I painted today"
8 posts
#8
Review
: "Alright, I love this stupid book already (The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish)"
7 posts
#9
Forgotten Novel Title
: "Desperately need the name of this book please!"
7 posts
#10
Social
: "My Little Flower Vase"
5 posts
Member Growth in r/DanmeiNovels
Yearly
+20k members(33.2%)
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Last updated: June 29, 2026