pyko

A simple plugin that allows you to modify the link that is displayed when you use the <!–more–> feature. Also lets you remove the anchor link to turn off the jumping behaviour. You can also choose to have the more link open in a new window/tab.
You can choose to have just plain text, or also include the post’s title. If you chose to include the title, you can limit the number of characters/words that are displayed in the title. Also allows you to add ellipsis (…) to the title if it has been truncated. All the options can be found in “More Link” tab under “Options” in admin page.

takien

This plugin will show post list as dropdown just like wp_dropdown_pages, most parameter wp_dropdown_pages are accepted too.

WP Dropdown Posts

This plugin will show post list as dropdown

More Link Modifier vs WP Dropdown Posts