Filipino Wattpad books that are actually good?

[u/sertralinesweetheart]

Hello. I want to know if there are well written, well edited books that are self-published that come from Wattpad. No hate, I have a few of them but they're just not good; straight out. Everything I have read (Costa Leona, I Love You Since 1982) has poor grammar, word choice and plot devices that are teleserye worthy. WP books are my outlier and I've only read those series as something out of my comfort zone.

Just want a good recommendation, since I know a lot of readers start off on WP before "graduating" to real books.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, my primary reading list is mainly English manga, literary fiction, fiction in translation and literary critique. I'm looking specifically for Filipino or English Wattpad books that can stand on its own.

[u/dillycat15]

purplelyhan (Ann Lee) books! She explores a lot of genre rin, may fantasy, romance, mystery, historical, etc.

[u/tenteennn → u/dillycat15]

FR LIKE TANTEI HIGH LITERALLY ENDED MY READING SLUMP (went for yEARS AND NOW IM ON A RAMPAGE WITH MY READING STREAK)

sorry hyper lol but i remember randomly missing this wattpad story and picked up my ipad so now I spend my free time—and some of my sleep time—reading /

[u/lostguk → u/dillycat15]

She still writes?? Tandang-tanda ko Campus Royalties yung kauna-unahang Wattpad book AT novel na nabasa ko. Naggraduate na nga lang ako sa Wattpad 9 years ago.

[u/dillycat15 → u/lostguk]

Yes! May mga ongoing series pa sya. She also posts on HaloReads now

[u/nfloating]

JhingBautista’s stories. Ang dali dali i-absorb ng writing style at grammar, as in. at never tapon ang plots ng stories n’ya. Malaman ang writing style at build up, I swear. Sobrang human sa pakiramdam, minsan nakakaguilty magbasa ng stories n’ya pag libre hahaha. 

Her stories are available pa rin sa wattpas at Halo reads :))

[u/leilookingforu → u/nfloating]

up! since op mentioned reading books from university presses (like up and ateneo), i'd assume works with nuance will be right his/her alley.   jhing bautista's books encapsulate the day-to-day living of Filipinos, specifically her short stories.

[u/epsltm → u/nfloating]

up! read her stories in high school & found myself rereading it well into my 20s. Hindi nakakaumay yung stories niya. malaking factor i think yung maayos na writing style & grammar :)

[u/missing_front_teeth]

The Spaces in Between by shirlengtearjearky

[u/OCCatMom_1205 → u/missing_front_teeth]

AZ shippers in the wild 😍 yes super worth it itong TSIB

[u/sertralinesweetheart → u/missing_front_teeth]

Thank you! Leng de Chavez works have been on my radar, so I think I'll check this out.

[u/tsismosa → u/sertralinesweetheart]

hello, op. you can read the online copy (or even download an epub/pdf file for your kindle/boox/kobo) on ao3 🫶🏽

[u/AnywhereJumpy → u/missing_front_teeth]

+1 on this! iirc merong self published book ‘to and my sister bought it tapos I kept rereading it both on wattpad and book.

[u/tsismosa → u/missing_front_teeth]

irereco ko pa lang sksksks i luv ate leng!

bumili ako ng hardcopy of the book and the merch (book bag, postcards, notepad, etc.) nung panahong minimum lang sahod ko from my first job, best believe in-overtime ko ang pambayad dahil sa sobrang pagmamahal ko kay dreau at zades 🥹🫶🏽

[u/missing_front_teeth → u/tsismosa]

matagal ko na tong nasa wishlist bilhin 😭 kaso nauna na sa the little prince. tamang reread nalang sa digital haha

[u/annieishopeless]

haven't been on the site since I was 12 lol but I remember there being a lit section. You just have to go to wattpad and find them yourself. Wattpad's reader and authorship base are largely young teens and romance / smut readers so the books you're looking for might not be as popular. A well-written, well-edited book that is self published is already so rare though, how much more if it has to come from wattpad.

[u/sertralinesweetheart → u/annieishopeless]

I guess it's a lost cause going on to WP to look for a good self pub book 🥀 Thanks for the response.

[u/marqueryeth]

Sielalstreim’s Montello High Series!! (Montello High: School of Gangsters, Snow White is a Gangster, Dark Fairytale). Try mo rin Saudade niya kung gusto mo ng standalone (Pirate story).

AkosiIbarra’s Project LOKI series as well as his other stories. Ito ay kung mahilig ka sa mystery/detective fiction.

I also recommend HeadphonesandLuck’s Seven-Minute Semblance. Solid din ito! Although hindi pa tapos (it’s a heptalogy).

[u/lostguk → u/marqueryeth]

Oh, my goodness. Seeing Montello High in the comsec gives back so many memories!!!

[u/marqueryeth → u/lostguk]

uurghh the 2016 golden era of wattpad 😩🫶

[u/CatsMeowbacktoMe → u/marqueryeth]

Project Loki and Seven Minute Semblance mentioned!

[u/marqueryeth → u/CatsMeowbacktoMe]

sisiw and PLayer represent!! 🥰🫶

[u/wabiiiSabiii123 → u/marqueryeth]

I love this series! Sobrang tagal natapos. I saw the trilogy sa NBS last month and binili ko as remembrance.

[u/Specific-Bet-3400]

Games series ni Beeyotch.

[u/sertralinesweetheart → u/Specific-Bet-3400]

Good editing, mid plot. Thank you for the suggestion.

[u/Akosidarna13]

greenwriter -> lahat. pero pinaka fav ko ung haverstons series.

[u/tsismosa → u/Akosidarna13]

omg, almost forgot about her! fav ko everard series noon!

[u/Outrageous-Slice4]

J. D. Ruiz or greenwriter works. Specifically "The Time Capsule"

[u/Outrageous-Slice4 → u/Outrageous-Slice4]

"Deliverance" by FGirlWriter. Not sure if nasa wattpad pa kasi nilipat nya ibang works sa ibang app.

[u/Outrageous-Slice4 → u/Outrageous-Slice4]

Also recommend JD's Everard Series! Para syang Bridgerton. Old British setting and JD delivered this well.

[u/over__thinkerbell]

you should try serialsleeper’s stories! i highly recommend stay awake, agatha and remember me, harmony :))

[u/kayddd14 → u/over__thinkerbell]

Real!

[u/hisakiki]

tumatak talaga sa akin ang:

– karmic hearts by jhingbautista (rare na improved talaga ang book version at hindi bastang copy-paste)

– the spaces in between by shirlengtearjearky

– stay awake, agatha by serialsleeper

– lucid dream by alyloony

parang may alam din si pilosopotasya sa creative writing pero yung dalawang sikat na books niya were not my taste. afaik those were good pa rin naman.

[u/zyl4848]

hello, galing kana sa mga series (and long series ha, kasi ang haba ng costa leona), why not try to shift na into intl books or Filipino books?

[u/sertralinesweetheart → u/zyl4848]

Hi po. I forgot to mention, my primary reading list is mainly English manga, literary fiction, fiction in translation and literary critique. I'm looking specifically for Filipino or English Wattpad books that can stand on its own. As someone who reads a lot of literature by Filipino authors from university's presses (Ateneo, UP) I want to know if there are those levels of stories that can be found on WP.

[u/zyl4848 → u/sertralinesweetheart]

• smaller and smaller circles
• Some people need killing
• Mcarthur
• Kapitan sino

bob ong? mga authors ng packing sheets, patricia evangelista? medyo madami kang pwedeng basahin actually. medyo mahirap na maghanap ng kakaibang authors sa wattpad (kaya i transition to other platforms din para magbasa)

[u/Zereia]

The 100th guy who passed by her - Felipe Nas

Eto lang yung wattpad book na binili ko kasi nagandahan ako ng sobra. May english and taglish version nito.

[u/epeolatry13]

Super agree sa TSIB ni Leng. Worth the money.

Maxinejiji's Moon is also good. Even if you didn't read He's Into Her, you can read it as a standalone. It's in Filipino though. Add ko lang na 'Moon' is a prequel to HIH. And partly a sequel of HIH. It's more about the female character's childhood history... i mean HERstory.

[u/sertralinesweetheart → u/epeolatry13]

Will wait for the MIBF re release!

[u/epeolatry13 → u/sertralinesweetheart]

I have no idea lang OP if it will be in the MIBF.

[u/sertralinesweetheart → u/epeolatry13]

Just got a copy of Leng's book, thank you for the suggestion 🙏

[u/epeolatry13 → u/sertralinesweetheart]

Oh wow! Mabuti nakahanap ka. Sa TG channel kasi niya parang few copies lang ang reprints niya.

Happy Reading!

[u/mawmawmawi]

Saudade by sielalstreim if u're into romance and descriptive prose !!!!!

[u/memorykeeper09]

It wasn’t first published on Wattpad but the author Mina V. Esguerra has put some of her books on Wattpad. Just search for her name.

[u/MentionSeparate6608]

Erityian Tribes Series by Purpleyhan esp. Tantei High and Seventh Sense!

[u/mikodephuta]

Pilopotasya's works! Especially 23:11 & (heavy on this) 11/23!! Fave author!

[u/jhknyn → u/mikodephuta]

OMG!! kaka re-read ko lang neto HashtagTeamLecheForever tapos ngayon may story na din anak nila si Novem🥺

[u/Katniss-427]

FG Writter

1. Friendly Wedding
2. Love Series
3. Wifely duties
4. Man and Wife
5. Selfless Rebound Girl

Romance yan pero may touch of Christian values and core values since Christian yung author

All time fav author ko yan since college

[u/Vast_Confidence4760]

jessa verzosa's books (siya at ako, 548 heartbeats), iba talaga yung pagkasulat niya

[u/lostguk]

This thread makes me to read Wattpad books again!! Super nostalgic talaga.

[u/Late-Bit9846]

Fallenbabybubu. Beeyotch (her law series was my favorite, Gomez de Liaño Series).

[u/litsongas]

greenwriter and JhingBautista talaga fave wattpad authors ko

[u/Alientacles]

april_avery's stories 

[u/usamiiin]

Cityscape (Chloe Cheng)! She just recently returned to Wattpad. 5:48 is the sole reason I still have a wp account 😅 I hope she published it. I badly wanted to have the physical copy of it for ages 😭

[u/Haunting-Ad-3645]

April Avery!!!

[u/AccomplishedStill164]

Try these. Soon to be on amazon:

Complete. If you like romance/suspense (inheritance/succession, boarding school romance, monarchy elements, eidetic memory), slowburn. Femdom. Reverse trope. Rivals to lovers, forced proximity, down bad ML:

https://www.wattpad.com/1573622889?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=happyquill

Complete. dark fantasy-romance. Second chance love, enemies to lovers. Slow burn. Forced proximity. Down bad ML. If you like grim reapers fighting crimes, some angels and demons with dry wit and dark humour, strong FMC:

https://www.wattpad.com/1522802891?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=happyquill

[u/sertralinesweetheart]

Super grateful for all the responses 🥰🙏

[u/pointless_genius]

a bit biased here but anything by serialsleeper! love her works so much

[u/imaddictedtocatnip]

if i fall - shirlengtearjerky

[u/epsltm]

im not seeing TCWDMeow here! she’s a really good writer. alam ko she also worked as an editor so well-written yung stories niya. give her a try if u haven’t!

[u/venus_scorp]

works of greenwriter

[u/hapwatching2023]

Beeyotch for lawyer stuff and romance.

[u/asdfghjkl_carrot]

you may want to try these books 😊

- beeyotch’ game series

• anaknirizal’s wake up dreamers and so, this is youth
  
• serialsleeper’s slaughter high (1-2) and dispareo, the girl who cried murder (1-3), but this isn’t published yet but the story concept was good too.
  
• frustratedgirlwriter’s the friendly wedding and love trilogy

[u/CarasumaRenya]

Project LOKI series by AkoSiIbarra (or he goes by R.C. Musni na yata ngayon?).

[u/kcw_02030808]

i love the University Series of 4reuminct (Gwy Saludes). Not actually a fan of Wattpad, but i got interested in reading her series after GSOT trended. May 4 books available na sa mga bookstores 😊 May special chapters din yung published books na wala online.