As the title says, I am looking for finished or ongoing (with reasonable length ~20000 words) novels, of any kind (apart from ero-novels like on machineslicedbread). This includes published books, fanfictions, webnovels etc. Spoiler: Meritocracy A meritocratic society or social system gives people status or rewards because of what they achieve, rather than because of their wealth or social position. E: The Meritocracy should be a substantial part of the story. Did it only get established mid-way through the novel? That's fine too, as long as it is featured enough. I am also not looking for novels where there may be a semi-meritocracy that never gets fleshed out and doesn't play any part in plots.
The top rated on www.royalroad.com/fictions/best-rated or top 10ish on http://topwebfiction.com/ are almost all great reads. If you provide more details on what you are looking for in particular, then I could provide more specific recommendations. Based on your reading list, you will likely enjoy Pivot of the Sky.
I havent been using my reading list on Nu for ages. As for details, the only thing I want is good reads where there is a meritocratic society/system and that it plays part in a major plot or is important throughout the story. I thought it was rather clear
...I see what you're asking for now, might want to edit the initial post to specifically state what you are looking for (my impression was that you were just looking for any novel and threw in a poll to get peoples' attention or something). Any novel with a game system is basically a meritocracy, but very few are done well (or haven't been dropped).
Lacking the option of "Would probably do just fine, not because I'd work hard, but because I would get things done in between my laziness"
is there a meritocracy though? aristocracy (queen, dukes etc) -/-> meritocracy, even if people can get knighted for merituous services... basically, if there can be an upstart who only got his position because of his family, then it isn't a meritocracy
He became the lord of a City and a hero of the Country due to him saving the Queen, even gained a Castle and yes, the World have Kings and Queens and Lords as the Leaders of the Different Countries.