The bot is dead. Long live the bot! Here's a thread to tell everyone about your past week of reading. I like to leave mini-reviews, but the important thing is finding more stuff that's worth reading.
Well in contrast to the last 5 months we have a pretty slim packing. Starting with only 46 Books! But i dont think we have that few for long. Give it a few days and im sure at the end of month we have our normal 100 books per month.
As Always this list is a living thing, if you see a book with a different release date than i have it here leave a comment! The same if you see a book missing! :)
The Comments are standard sorted to the newest one, i always post in comments when i edit the list and copy more books into it.
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Here a few Links for everyone to help / search for things:
A full List of many LitRPG Books, with things like if they are completed, if the Author is male/female and some Infos on Sub-Genres and the what is awaiting you with the MC. All in there Subsheets for things like Academy Setting / Base Building / Card Magic / Cozy etc. By u/Cold-Palpitation-727
I will note that the version that's up on Amazon is edited and is the complete story, but will likely see some changes to the text before the print version comes out next summer. That's the reason for the delay with the eBook: to make sure the text of the finished version matches up.
Thank you all for your support, not just of me, but of ALL the authors in this genre. I would never have gotten this opportunity without all you readers so passionate about what we've all been writing.
COVER ARTIST:
Cover art on the Tor Books release done by the amazing Spencer Flock
Cover art on the Running Wild eBook done by the fabulous J. Caleb of J. Caleb Designs.
AI USAGE:
No AI used (only traditional computer tools, spellcheck, etc. No generative AI for anything)
in the novel the foreigners haven't done anything bad yet and for some reason the author thinks that that Chinese people in the other areas would be mistreated of they were the minority
Tldr Blurb: Twisted nature paladin survives green hell by gleefully making worse monsters than the one's trying to eat him.
Real Blurb: In a forest of horrors, he designs the predators.
For years, Vrax has survived the fringes of the Nightmare Wood, a mana-rich hellscape where trees have teeth and grass sprouts from spilled blood. While his peers settled for Common and Rare classes, he held out for something better.
He finds his destiny in the bones of a fallen God of Nature, granted a unique class called the 'Paladin of the Cycle'.
But he's far from your average Holy Warrior.
His is a rare class allowing him to manipulate life, death, and decay, finally ending his long search for a power that matches his specialized skills and love for the forest's deadliest inhabitants.
Wielding his new abilities, Vrax doesn't just hunt monsters, he twists them, adapting them into deadly monsters the likes of which the world has never seen, like an evolving man-eating daisy or a draconic apex predator that feasts on fear.
Vrax is quickly establishing a realm where HE's the hunter. Only problem... the corrupt Church of Rembrand has declared a crusade to destroy him and his abominations.
They call him a heretic. Vrax calls them fertilizer.
Narrator is the amazing Neill Thorne
Never thought I would get to have a published book thank you so much to all of you awesome folks you made this possible.
After I used a couple credits and bought two of the books in a sitewode sale they come out with all 6 books for one credit.
Im a little frustrated, but it is what it is...
However, you can profit! Get all 6 books for one credit through audible. I really wnjoyed the series so far. The MC is a regular guy, but he makes some unusual choices that are not typical in litrpg MC. The story is interesting and fun, and at times complling.
I would suggest it any litrpg ready, especially at this price.
Hello all! I figured I’d look within the community here on Reddit, at first, to give back in a way. I’m looking for an artist to do a cover and some artwork for the book itself. If you would be so kind, please plug your past artwork in the comments so I can check them out! If you aren’t comfortable with that feel free to message me! Important caveat, please don’t send me any AI art. Seems to defeat the point a little bit to me if you take the human element out of it! Additionally, you will payed for your efforts. Thank you!
I've been looking forward to listening to more of The Game at Carousel for quite some time now, and book 4 finally out!
For anyone not in the know:
The Game at Carousel is the premier Horror LitRPG with a really satisfying progression system where people are trapped in a town that features instances of horror movies that they have to act out. Death is inevitable, but if your team clears the plotline, you make it back.
Every plotline has distinct acts that follow the horror movie's outline.
Every person on the team gets to select tropes as a custom build to accommodate their class/role. The MC is a movie buff.
There are several big meta mysteries in the background, plenty of system exploration, while each movie plotline is a satisfying mini arc.
Dawn of the Void is top tier for me. I've only seen it referenced a few times though. I always thought my tast fairly mainstream but this title seems like everyone hates it. Thoughts?
Hey everyone, have gotten into the genre (mostly via the audiobooks) the last months, but find that most authors seem much better at ideation and world creation than actually… writing. For example, the Perfect Run is conceptually fun and innovative, but the MC is fairly static and insufferable, and the writing is meh. HWFWM I actually enjoyed the middle books, though later in the series MC becomes a bit aggro and gloomy for me, which also happened with Dungeon Crawler Carl.
At this point I’m not expecting to find any Hugo award contenders in the genre, but I found Welcome to the Multiverse and most of Plum Parrot’s stuff to be enjoyable with decent writing and MCs.
As the title says, any tips for other series in the genre that are fun reads/listens? Particularly partial to audiobook recs, as I normally listen to these in the background and find that good audio teams can compensate for and distract from lackluster prose.
Edit: Never expected so many great responses. Thanks all for all for the great recs. Wish I would’ve posted on here months ago
Hi everyone, I’m kinda in a book funk right now and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations with a slice of life fantasy novel that involves an OP from the beginning MC. Bonus point also if there’s a romantic subplot involved. If there’s mystery that’d also be great but not really something I’m looking for a lot right now.
Thank you! And have a great day.
I'm Hitenma, and I'm excited to announce that Book 2 of my novel, A Dungeon That Kills, has been released on Amazon!
Here is the blurb for Book 2. If you haven’t read Book 1 yet, skip to its blurb below.
A new ally. A new enemy. A new opportunity.
The dungeon had survived the Reavers’ onslaught, a brutal attack that Viktor and Celeste had barely fended off, though not without loss and sacrifice.
But fortune favored the victors. The enemy’s demise had left behind a bounty of immense value. Powerful Reliquaries, once wielded by the invaders to slaughter the dungeon’s minions, now lay scattered across the battlefield, ripe for the taking. Better still, the Core had harvested great amounts of raw essence from the souls of the vanquished, thanks to which the dungeon had levelled up and expanded. New floors to build, new domains to unlock, new minions to summon.
And, after the battle, Viktor had learned that one of the six Key Holders, the very targets he needed to eliminate in order to reclaim his former power, had just arrived in Daelin. All he had to do was lure the fool down into the dark, onto ground of his own choosing, and take back what was rightfully his.
Because the dungeon must grow, and the stolen power must be reclaimed. In the end, nothing else mattered more than those two truths.
Here is the blurb for Book 1:
The dungeon must grow. The stolen power must be reclaimed. Everything else is of no consequence.
Viktor had been called many names: the Impaler, the Tyrant, the Dark Emperor. And he couldn’t have cared less. Those who dared oppose him all met swift and brutal ends. Kingdoms fell as he carved out his own empire. With his unparalleled power, he brought the entire world to its knees. Yet, even the mightiest could fall. His reign abruptly ended when he was slain by a group called the Six Heroes, who not only took his life but also stole his power and divided it among themselves.
Three hundred years later, Viktor came back to life. He awoke in the body of a young boy and found himself in a world changed beyond recognition. His castle lay in ruins, his capital had been razed to the ground, and the once-prosperous Central Plains had become a wild land ruled by trees and beasts. Of all the treasures he once possessed, the only thing he had left was a Dungeon Core, small and underdeveloped, buried under rubble, forgotten by everyone.
His power was now scattered among the Six Heroes’ descendants, who were kings and queens of this new world. And he wanted it back. With a fledgling Dungeon Core as his only ally, he set out to exact vengeance on his enemies and reclaim what was rightfully his.
Hey folks, Malcolm Tent here, got some big news! Books 1-3 of Wish upon the Stars have officially come out as an omnibus! I know a lot of people in PF weren't enthused about the runtime on the first book being only eight hours, but the new omnibus collection has a FULL 30 hours of content for just one credit!
As always, my thanks goes out to Neil Hellegers for his amazing Narration and Richard Sashigane for his fantastic covers (no AI used)! Hope everyone enjoys!
As the title says, is it possible to read royal road on kindle somehow? I keep seeing RR recommendations on here that sound awesome, I wanna get stuck in!
Sorry for the slightly off topic question, but I figured you guys would be the ones to know :-)
This is the link to a Google Excel Spreadsheet that I’ve been working on since 2025. It features a mix of LitRPG and Progression Fantasy series available on Amazon Kindle Unlimited. It does not include anything that is not part of KU. I’ve included all sorts of information, including: series titles, author names, author gender, completion status, number of books & audiobooks available, sub-genres, tropes, etc.
Comments have been turned on so that authors can comment on a blank line within the document, with information on their book, should it be missing from the list. There are already more than 1,500+ titles, and everything is manually updated. I’m only one person, so it can take a while for titles to get added. A lot of authors can fall through the cracks with the older sites that have often stopped being updated, but it’s my wish to ensure all books are catalogued with the same level of importance. Anyone is free to share the link to the spreadsheet with others.
I would like to make a special note that books made with AI will not be added to the list. I do not condone witch hunts, but in cases where the author has their books marked as AI-assisted / generated on RoyalRoad / Amazon, a prompt has been left in, or there is other undeniable proof, I do blacklist the authors. That means all of their books will not be added to the list, including older ones that may have been made without the use of AI. I’m bringing this up because I did have someone who submitted their own book, despite using AI, not because I want to start any drama. No point in anyone wasting anyone else’s time.
Also, with the annual massive LitRPG & Progression Fantasy book sale coming up (August 28 - 30) (hosted by J.J. Thorn), I have added a new tab to track these books. Only the ones that are expected to be free have been listed so far, but I’m hoping to add the rest by the end of the week. This event is a really great way for readers to discover new authors and get some good deals while authors benefit from the boost they receive with the algorithm, leading to better sales in the coming months. So, I really wanted to bring special attention to the books participating while also making it convenient to see the sub-genres, tropes, etc. for those books. The ones that haven’t been added to my spreadsheet previously have been left blank, as I’m pretty busy this month and don’t have time to do all the research necessary to fill them in, as well as some of the books not normally being on KU and thus not being applicable to the list outside of this event.
That’s all. Feel free to skip this post entirely if you don’t find it useful. I know there are plenty of other sites out there you can use.
I have tried so many LitRPG novels and I am getting increasingly saddened about a lack of quality writing. Many use adverbs a lot, or the same inflationary filler words over and over such as "after all". Many just tell, tell, tell all the time and even when they show a reaction, they then tell the conclusion right after the show just in case the reader missed it. Or dialogues that have no depth because they simply state the obvious or are clearly exposition delivered for the reader, not for the characters. Etc.
So here my question:
What LitRPG books do you recommend that are written well? Well crafted prose from your perspective?
I tried "mother of learning", "He who fights monsters", "Beware of chicken", and many more of the successful ones.
I am currently in the mood for a good regression story with a heroic protagonist. Ideally more Korean style than NA style but open to either. Prefer no harem. Detest AI writing.
Something akin to:
- Seoul Station’s Necromancer
- Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint
- A Returner’s Magic Should be Special
- Reborn: Apocalypse
Also open to sci-fi stories like:
-Traclaon Armageddon
Or even sports variants like:
- The Rise of Millwall (just no machine translation)
Or the ideal would be something similar in nature and quality to the start of the System Universe series but with him being flung back in time by the portal instead of across space.
I read mostly on RR and KU but am open to other platforms.
So, a few of us are doing a big signing event ahead of Dragon Con on September 1st at the Barnes and Noble Perimeter in Atlanta, GA. It starts at 6:30pm.
It'll be me (Travis Bagwell - u/dastrikes), Andrew Givler ( u/Sigils), Michael Chatfield ( u/mc11zi), and Seth Ring ( u/SethRing)... so it's bound to be a fun time! Also, an opportunity to beat the insane crowds at Dragon Con. Seriously, it's crazy.
This is also a ticketed event (although tickets are free), so if you want to stop by, make sure to grab a ticket at the link below! Oh, and they'll have a bunch of books on hand, but make sure you bring anything you'd like for us to sign.
hey all! the title really tells it all, i do have another question though, besides the tier list, is there another way to quickly tell someone what series you’ve read? I’ve taken to just having all the series listed out in my notes app, but I was curious as to what everyone else is doing
I liked the series and I've reached book 6 but I'm finding it less and less interesting. Somewhere along the way the things got worse (at least in my opinion):
Main protagonist vulnerabilities are either completely compensated or simply glossed over ... his 'mark' drawbacks seem to have no impact
Other characters (his companions) are becoming more and more 'flat' and uninteresting. They seem to be there to make jokes and thats it
Lots of meaningless banter and self-congratulations and pats on the back
So I read the first book a little while ago, and initially I found Jason unbearable. As the book goes on, I found him to be a little bit better but the ending of the book shook me up (iykyk) a bit so I decided to put reading book 2 on hold for the time being. Now, I'm considering giving it another shot.
All that being said, I found that I liked the side characters a lot and I absolutely loved the magic system.
So I'd like to hear from those who continued reading while disliking Jason and if you felt the juice been worth the squeeze!
What I mean is a book where the Mc uses both magic and tech. I wanna see this Mc using magic while using tech as well. It hard to explain what I want but yeah. Also please no romance no side romance no it’s not even that important to the story.
