Forum: Story Recommendations

I was thinking about this in the context of a harem. I tend to find it annoying when so many characters all seem to be crazy in love with the main character with no personality. And so I wanted to look for a harem that has a reason behind it. I don't want force, the female characters need to choose it, but for any reason except love/lust.

Something like financial reasons work. Or if it's fantasy it could be some sort of magical reason to group up. It could be for access, or manipulation, or status. Anything really.

I'm also interested in non harem recommendations for the same. A woman gets with the main character but it isn't out of an actual desire to have sex with them.

Maybe "Accidental Landlord" by tedbiker

And so I wanted to look for a harem that has a reason behind it. I don't want force, the female characters need to choose it, but for any reason except love/lust.

I have posited an idea that would work for this.
A long term stable population imbalance with 2 or more women for every man. This imbalance exists at birth, meaning that the imbalance will be self sustaining over generations.

The exact cause (can be supernatural, or extreme science fiction) doesn't matter.

In this scenario, women who want male companionship have to learn to share.

There is the Swarm Cycle where women (and sometimes men) become harem members to be evacuated from Earth ahead of an alien invasion.

On another site, there is a Quaranteam universe where women become harem members to survive an epidemic.