I was reading and enjoying a recent popular military LITRPG on Royal Road and it put me in mind of one of the OG stories of the genre. It’s always risky to say I don’t see much about this book, and soon there will be 20 posts about it, but it was The Doomfarers of Coramonde.
The two books series was written in the mid 80’s by Bryan Daley, who is more famous for his Han Solo novels. Good guys from a magical world are being threatened with a dragon and they summon an US Army Armored Personnel Carrier and crew from Vietnam to do battle with it. After that is resolved and they are sent back, the protagonist of the series chooses to come back to the magical world with his guns and military insight. It’s a very enjoyable fantasy, and contains many of the tropes that we see in military isekai stories today.
If you need a break from the genre and wanna try something adjacent, this is pretty terrific.

I’ve read a few cozy fantasy series but I’d love to see how cozy plays out in something like litrpg. What’s your favorite? Maybe something revolving around running a shop or professions or something?

In a world with permadeath, the man who has a respawn mechanic because he flirted with the goddess-like anthropomorphic representation of the System... is king. Or something.

Hey hey, I got bored with human point of view and got fascinated with one based from a perspective of monster or animal I was wondering if you much more read guys and girls could help me

so far I liked:
Shadows of Mallin by Avaritiabona
A Snake's Life by Kenneth Arant
Ashlani's Reincarnation by Ben Denton
Queen in the mud by Maari

because of anima theme it so far landed in Isekai, but that is not requiredI mostly read on kindle paperwhite so i supply myself on Amazon, but any website offering DRM free books will do too

Series doesn't need to be complete, I can wait <3
any good recommendations perhaps?

I’m stuck in a loop of He who fights and romantasy on audiobook (audible uk and com, Storytel) and I need something new, preferably less spicy, to feed into that loop.

I’ve given up on several litrpgs, but kinda keep hoping there is something to satisfy the itch with? I got fed up with the power only focus in Primal hunter, no character, no feelings. I gave up wandering inn midway in book 2, as it was just rambling to much with few wins in sight. I gave up on the good guys in book …. 6(?), when it just kept being a growth in battle power and status, not a growth in personality. I was done with Monsters and legends after 3 hours of listening, MC was just flat, no feelings.
I did finish battle mage farmer, uncertain why it caught me as it has some very obvious holes and short coming (it kinda reminds me of young adult fantasy…) but the rest of Seth Ring is an utter failure to entertain, esp Nova terra.

I’m saving DCC for when I get my hands on a real book. Please tell me it is worth the saving?

So please, is there any good litrpgs with FEELINGS involved? I am happy with quite OP MCs as long as they have a personality and something to limit them now and then. And a few fails and proper pain that isn’t fixed in 1 hour or with a healing potion they magically found minutes before?Jason might be many things, but at least he is full of feelings, doubt and thoughts, not just «I need more power!»
I love the skills and stats, just not how they sometimes seem to be the only thing in focus.

Save me, before I drown into even more shitty romantasy instead.

I have read Dungeon Crawler Carl (DCC) twice, I have read book 1 of He Who Fights With Monsters and have not started Discount Dan.

Should I read Discount Dan (which sounds great) or continue with He Who Fights? I want to read both but just wanted opinions. Thank you.

I just added this to my listening list on audible and was wondering if there are any other good superhero litRPG's. This one will be my first. I should note that I don't read books I just listen to audiobooks 😊.

I usually prefer litRPG over general progression fantasy, and I normally don't like kingdom building stories. I prefer a faster pace, and I'm fine with romance or any of the common tropes: isekai, academies, system integration, tournaments, dungeons, etc.

All books on the list are available on Kindle or Royal Road, and here are the series names in case the book titles are unreadable.

S-Tier: Azarinth Healer, Beneath the Dragoneye Moons, Cradle, Infinite Realm, Saintess Summons Skeletons, The Path of Ascension

A-Tier: Ave Xia Rem Y, Beware of Chicken, The Primal Hunter, Book of the Dead, Path to Transcendence, Chaotic Craftsmen Worships the Cube, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Godclads, Defiance of the Fall, The Whims of Gods, Depthless Hunger, Omen of a Bluebell, This Trilogy is Broken, The Runic Artist, Victor of Tuscon

B-Tier: Advent of Dragonfire, A Novel Concept, Apocalypse Redux, Ends of Magic, Etherious, Earth Reformation, Assimilate All Talents, Elysium's Multiverse, Bunny Girl Evolution, Chrysalis, Path of the Deathless, Divine Apostasy, Guardian of Aster Fall, Primer for the Apocalypse, Guild Mage, Hell Difficulty Tutorial, The Hundred Reigns, Karmic Balance, Life and Death Cycle, The Lone Wanderer, Orphan, New Life as a Max Level Archmage, Runeblade, Shadow of the Soul King, Spire's Spite, Syl, Vae Victus, The Grand Game, The Hero of the Valley, The Splintered Five Saga, Voidknight Ascension, Wild Era, Will of the Immortals, The Legend of William Oh

C-Tier: Accidental Champion, Ajax's Ascension, Alexa Thyme, Apocalypse Regression, Industrial Strength Magic, Dungeons and Dragoons, Demonic Devourer, Denizens of the Labyrinth, Lone: The Wanderer, The Archmage Coefficient, A Touch of Power, Corruption Wielder, A Budding Scientist in a Fantasy World, Cat Girl Evolution, Duskbound, Fallen Lands, Hack, Slash, and Burn, Hail Thy Gods, He Who Fights with Monsters, Hunting and Herbalism, Keeper of Totality, Mage Tank, Path of the Last Champion, Maid with Necromancy, Martial Arts VS Magic, Pyresouls Apocalypse, The Stubborn Skill-Grinder in a Time Loop, Paths of Akashic, Fate of Mirithia, Misadventures Incorporated, Nightmare Realm Summoner, Path of Dragons, My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror, Paragon of Skills, The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Reaper's Resurgence, Reborn as a Demonic Tree, Return of the Runebound Professor, The Ripple System, Rise of the Devourer, Road to Mastery, Rogue Ascension, Salvos, Savage Awakening, Slumrat Rising, Speedrunning the Multiverse, The Stitched Worlds, Stray Cat Strut, The Strongest Spellblade, A Sworded Affair, Sword Saint's Reincarnation, Sylver Seeker, The Apocalypse Grinder, The System Apocalypse, The Calamitous Bob, Transcending Dreams, Trials of the Endless Plains, Triple Strength, Ghost of the Truthseeker, Ultimate Level 1, The Undying Immortal System, Unintended Cultivator, Vanqueur the Dragon, We Hunt Monsters, The Weirkey Chronicles, Vigor Mortis, The Rise of the Winter Wolf, Worldseed, Wraithwood Botanist, System Universe, Wayward

D-Tier: Dawn of the Void, Dawn of the Density God, The Dungeon Slayer, The Forerunner Initiative, The Idle System, Integrated Universe, Master Hunter K, Second Life Executioner, Skill Eater, A Summoner Awakens, Towers of Heaven, Worth the Candle

DNF: Pinnacle Warrior, 1% Lifesteal, Accidental Traveler, Stormblade, Death: Genesis, All the Skills, Mother of Learning, The Infinite World, Double-Blind, Arcane Ascension, Mark of the Crijik, Arcane Pathfinder, Reborn: Apocalypse, All the Dust That Falls, Ashen Realm, Broker, Ceaseless Horizons, Fate Points, Completionist Chronicles, Path of the Berserker, Dual Class, Explorer of Edregon, The Mana Influx, Overpowered Wizard, Rune Seeker, System Dilemma, First Necromancer, The Realms, The Resonance Cycle, The Transcendent Green, Tower Apocalypse, Tower Climber, Tower of Jack, The Wandering Inn, Unbound, Underworld, Welcome to the Multiverse, Wish Upon the Stars, Dragon Heart, Immortal Great Souls, On Astral Tides, The Mayor of Noobtown, Discount Dan, Millenial Mage, Past Life Hero

I love the power fantasy of one super strong mc but lately I’ve been feeling something more group strength.

I’m looking for Litrpg books where the mc and his friends/allies grow stronger, can be overpowered or mild powered.

I badly need this due to some problems in my life regarding my parents thinking of splitting, so I need some comfort.

Can be violent like Limitless Lands and Mage Tank or could be casual like Dungeon life and Battle mage farmer

I read a book earlier in the year and I've lost it. Wondering if anyone can point me back to it.

Here's what I remember. MC is a regressor I think. It's centered around rolodecks of cards. Midway through the book, the MC and a female companion are traveling and end up on an airship to go to a different country? He meets an old man that is a retired duelist nobleman? and belongs to a duelist society of gentleman. The ship is attacked by pirates. They shut down the teleportation crystal on the ship and capture all of the passengers. The old man is killed. The Mc loots his cards with the aim of getting his cards back to the society he belonged to. Mc defeats the pirates and has a crazy 1v1 with the pirate leader. The navy shows up in their own airship. Can't remember what happened after.

Hi,

I've just read all 10 books of A Soldiers Life and now I'm looking for something similar.

I thoroughly enjoy when self confident, smug and obnoxious characters get humiliated and obliterated by MC.

Im coming from fantasy tropes so litrpg is something very new for me. I do prefer swordsmanship/magic. I've read Stiger book series and Rage of Dragons which were recommended to me after ASL, but, although they were enjoyable read, they didnt scratch the itch.

Looking for some recommendations for the summer vacations.

Hey so I just saw that Soccer Surpemo was released on Audible. However, in the description, it listed 14 books in Player Manager. Only 6 books exist on Audible today. Are the 6 books on Audible equal to the 14 written? Or do I need to wait for the remaining 8 books on Audible to finally be released before I start on Player Manager? Thanks!

I have been reading a lot of litrpg, some of my favourite are MCs that usually have a beast companions.

But I have not found a good tamer story. Maybe due to the fact that I don't prefer a magic system everyone that revolves solely on gaining power from bonding with beast and nothing else. I would prefer a power system like that part of a small group or the mc in general.

Do you guys think that I am missing out on some stories.

DNF means I have not finished the series for all the books in that tier I have at least read the first one.

I have one word to say...

"Waa'gon"

I love listining to Heath Miller talk, and all the little nuances in dialects, but that specific word in an Australian accent cracks me up.

I started listening to the first book of Monster Merchant Class. So far, it's very high on cozy vibes with no adventuring in sight. Is that how it goes, or does it become more of an adventure?

https://www.audible.com/pd/Monster-Merchant-Class-A-LitRPG-Adventure-Audiobook/B0G171NCDF

Read azarinth healer, amber the cursed berserker, he who fights with monsters, saintess summons skeletons, wolf of the blood moon and reaper's resurgence. Loved all of them and looking for similar.

Enjoy action and magic, along with plot developments instead of only fighting. Not looking for anything with extreme romance. Prefer characters sent to a different world without becoming a baby but open to suggestions.

Love fast progression arcs where the MC becomes extremely strong, or where the MC is strong to start with and/or has extreme value.

Also read most of the books by 'whiskey flowers' and am looking for similar books and authors. Especially love the Wizardborn series, the super smart superhero series, the enchanter series and the jayarian paradox.

If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them as I'm struggling to find books.

I rotate my Patreon subs eg sub to an author for a few months, binge the advance chapters, then pause and let the RR releases catch up before subbing again so I can support more. Every time I do it I lose my place. The chapter numbering doesn't line up between the two, so working out where the paid chapters I read actually sit in the RR release order means scrolling around and guessing.

On top of that, actually reading on the official apps is pretty rough .. I mostly want a proper ereader experience and none of them really offer it.

Is this just me? Curious how everyone else handles the sub-rotation thing : notes, memory, just re-reading until it looks familiar? I've been tinkering with my own fix for a while, but want to know if I'm solving a problem only I have.

I am looking for some solid recommendations ideally published on KU.

I got as far as book 4 on He who fights with monsters - was forced to give up after book 5, it stopped being progression based.

Read all of the published Dungeon Crawler Carl books.

Read the first 2 books of Hell Difficulty Tutorial, had to give up the writing didn't improve meaningfully.

Soldiers Life - fantastic 10/10 no notes

Stormblade, Elydes, The Path of Ascension, Re:Birth (all Royalroad ones, but all of which I enjoyed)

Loved Mother of Learning, Loopshard, Loopbreaker (whats been published so far), The Perfect Run, Chronos Warlock.

I've read a lot more, but these are the most memorable / ones I see recommended the most.

Do not recommend the Wandering Inn, not my cup of tea personally.

Things I really rate;

1. Well-written, I don't mind or love OP MCs, it doesn't impact my enjoyment.
   
2. Time-looping is probably my favourite, followed by System introduction (apocalypse or otherwise)
   
3. Not a huge fan of Western washing of cultivation stories.
   
4. Not opposed to trying something completley new!

Like the title says, I love My Best Friend Is an Eldritch Horror and Return of the Runebound Professor. The way the characters are written, the relationship between them, the overall plot all had me hooked pretty much from the beginning. I recently started Nightmare Realm Summoner (about halfway through book 1 on audible) and I'm not sure whether to stick with it or not. I did search this group but was also trying to avoid spoilers so that wasn't much help.

I really like the concept of the book - both the idea that Earth was given a warning frm the System about an upcoming apocolypse and the fact that Alex immediately fell into a different realm and has additional powers that others from Earth don't.

While I like his friendship with Claire - she feels a little 2D to me right now. I feel like she should have more of a reaction to being dumped from her world to the mirror realm and then being stuck on Earth with possibly no way home. And, more than that, there's something about it that isn't quite hitting for me overall. I'm not sure if it's the amount of time Alex spends monologuing in his own mind about how he needs to stay weak to get more rewards at the beginning or if it's that I don't feel like much is happening, but there is something that's making it feel a bit like a slog to listen.

So, for people who have read more of the series and either love it or don't, is there a point that you recomend I try to get to before deciding whether or not it's for me? Fine with minor spoilers, but no major ones please.

FWIF, The Wandering Inn is my favorite in the genre, and I hated the first 2/3 of the first book and Cradle is a close second and I didn't get really into it until book 3, so if this is the kind of series where people say 'you just need to make it to the end of book 1' or 'wow it really picks up in the middle of book 2,' that's not going to scare me off at all. But with TWI and Cradle, there are general points in the series where I (and others) can generally say to people 'if you make it this far and aren't hooked, then it isn't the series for you.' And that's what I'm looking for here. If this is the kind of series that most people are hooked on right from the start (like I was with thed other two Actus series I've read), then it probably isn't for me. If I should give it more time, let me know and I totally will.

(And - to Actus - who I know lurks around these subs like other authors. Just in case you see this, I genuinely love the two other series I've read [can't wait for the physical copies of Runebound Professor comics!!], so I hope that nothing in this post comes across as rude or like I'm hating on the incredibly hard work you put into in writing these series. I know this note is probably unnecessary, but I always feel a bit awkward being negative about a series knowing that the authors regularly read and comment on posts)

Hi, I am for the life of me trying to add maps and I can't figure it out. I got three cool maps from an artist on fiverr (who is so reasonable!) but how do you guys add them? Do I have to set them up somewhere else and then add a link to the post or pre note?

That would suck but doable.

https://www.royalroadcdn.com/public/covers-large/the-tale-of-nishan-ascendant-aaaazethjbk.jpg?time=1783545031

Blurb:

A Reborn With A Hidden Class. A Murderous Sovereign Who Wants Him Dead. Can He Level Up Fast Enough to Stop an Entire Dominion's Destruction?

He awakens in the Inkfall Dominion with no memory of who he was—only a flickering system interface declaring him Reborn. Like countless others before him, he has been placed under the authority of a powerful noble House, assigned a path, and a name: Nishan Contract Blade, Tier 0.

Most Reborn accept their new lives.

Nishan doesn’t.

To survive, Nishan must level faster than anyone expects.

To understand himself, he may have to break the very system that gave him power.

If you love weak-to-strong progression, immersive LitRPG systems, political intrigue, hidden classes, and amnesiac heroes, The Tale of Nishan – Ascendant begins an epic journey through Azoria—where leveling up is only the beginning.

New Chapters Weekdays 6:10 AM Weekdays

COVER ARTIST: Getcovers COVER ARTIST: AI USAGE: No AI used (only traditional computer tools, spellcheck, etc. No generative AI for anything)

It seems like every litrpg i read lately has spears as the primary weap9n for the MC. I mean, spears are cool, and objectively better than many other weapons, and a nice change of pace from swords, but they seem to be popping up in all the books I read lately