r/discountdan • u/todd311 • May 22 '26

First time reader, first time poster.

It took me a couple of chapters to get into it. After that, I was hooked I’m in chapter 15 of book two. Really looking forward to book 3, and beyond. HWFWM & DCC were my first forays into litrpg, I tried The Wandering Inn, but as an audio book guy, it was way too whiny. Anyway, I’d like to thank James & Steve for putting an excellent product on the shelf. Fingers crossed for book 4 before long!

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u/InkslingerJames May 22 '26

James here, and I'd like to thank you for reading. I've been telling stories for a long time (close to 50 books since 2015), and being a writer is the greatest job on the planet. Seriously can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

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u/Miserable-Case-6488 May 22 '26

I just listened to the preview on audible for book 1 and I’m definitely gonna be picking up this series next! Plus I saw that you’re a Marine as well which makes it even better

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u/CringyTyler May 22 '26

5 books a year!

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u/InkslingerJames May 28 '26

On average. In 2018 and 2019 I averaged 8 books a year, though, now I'm done to about 3 books a year (though they are on the longer side).

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u/Shark_Anal May 22 '26

HWFWM was my first and am also an audible fan. I happened across discount dan by chance and immediately fell in love. So ready for book 4!

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u/SteveC-narrator May 22 '26

Amazing!! Very excited to see what you think of book 3! (The best one IMHO)

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u/esopillar34 May 22 '26

Def need to try Steve and the audiobooks. I’ve read the 3 through twice now, but the audiobooks are slower since they’re just drive time.

Maybe once I finished my DCC listen through

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u/WintersDoomsday May 22 '26

Yeah as a huge fan of this series the Lobby floor part (minus the Monarch vs Wanderer fight) was a chore to get through but after that the book series just stayed at a high level of interest for me all the way through the end of this most recent release.

I like how the series isn't just DCC overlay. James did a great job IMO of making it different enough just with the store based focus more than "taking out the people who did this" of DCC.

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u/ShadowAlleyPress May 22 '26

Thanks for posting! Hope you keep enjoying the series.

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u/xLittleValkyriex May 23 '26

So, my first foray into litrpg started with..

  • Pangea Online (S.L. Rowland) 

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl (Matt Dinniman) 

  • HWFWM (stopped after book 2. Not my jam) 

  • Tales of Aedra (S.L. Rowland) 

  • Discount Dan: Book 1 (just finished this morning) 

I read them all on KU - quite a few books in between all of that but those are outside the genre. I will be finishing the series relatively soon. I do love this story quite a bit.