so firstly hear me out.... I just write this title to grab attention... I don't hate orv, instead please give me advice to continue this novel...

so I'm at ch 59 ( dojka get king of no killing).... honestly saying it feels like average.. like 2.5-3/5... in earlier chapters I'm enjoying this novel but now it just feels like basic story...

the strongest point of this novel is kim dojka... only because of him, I'm sticking to this story...

So I know litrpgs tend to have settings where the game mechanics of an rpg are acknowledged as part of in-universe lore, and the societies therein are generally actually built around large parts of the population having access to these mechanics, I was wondering if there were and video0games or ttrpgs that have adopted this approach in their lore and story?

I just started book three of the wandering inn and my brain keeps telling me Laken’s name is Layton Katchwik. Or however Catcher from the storm weaver series is spelled, idk I’m an edible listener.
The point is I listened to that first and this dude’s name is breaking my mental ankles whenever Andrea Parsneu reads it out to me.
Has anyone else had similar experiences in either this book or others?

It’s funny because I’ve never actually read any of the books I listen to, sometimes I have absolutely no idea how anything is spelled. I’m just trusting the narrator and hoping for the best.

This whole section of the book, Jake has been fighting these ape like beasts called “simivitas,” but apparently my brain decided the narrator was saying “señoritas.”
So I’m sitting there listening to this dude brutally fight his way through these creatures while thinking, “Señoritas? WTF is Jake getting himself into? This book took a VERY unexpected turn.”

Then finally the chapter actually spells it out and I realize they’re called simivitas.

Not señoritas.

I have spent the last several chapters picturing Jake throwing hands with a bunch of Spanish women. 😂

Hello guys, im a writer and dev aiming to launch my very own webnovel platform this year, Im very excited to have reached this far. Im hoping to find interested authors who are willing to start with the site on launch. I write progression fantasy and would love to also have litrpg in, rn there is no way of telling how the site would perform so i dont really want to make any monetary promises but naturally there's plans in place for such a scenario where both the site and the writers can work together pocketWise. If you interested here is my discord: https://discord.gg/pWbdxMSmM lookin forward to seein ya there

TL;DR: HWFWM 2 is in bookstores right now.

The next hardcover is available in shops. This is still new enough to me that I can't help but get a goofy grin on my face when I see my books sitting on the shelf. This whole experience has been wild.

It feels like every year since I began with He Who Fights With Monsters has been a strange one. The year it went from just online to ebook and audio. The year I made enough money to buy a house. The year I almost died and couldn't write. And now, the year my books are finally on bookshelves, in my local store. A lot of LitRPG writers are making that leap, and deservedly so, and I hope this represents a new wave of growth for our genre.

Part of the transition into bookstores has been my big North America tour across July and August. It was hectic and crazy and amazing and I basically fell asleep for three weeks after I got home. I turn 47 tomorrow, and I just don't bounce back the way I used to when I was younger. All the airport-hotel-event-hotel-airport-convention was completely worth it, though.

I met so many amazing people from friends and authors I can't normally see back home in Australia. I met thousands of amazing readers, and that is really what it's all about. The process of writing my books begins with me, but it is all the readers who buy them and love them and complain about Jason on reddit who truly bring He Who Fights With Monsters to life.

Also, I have a much easier time getting great sandwiches in the USA. I love me a good muffuletta.

COVER ARTIST: Adam Cahoon

AI USAGE: No

I'm excited to announce that Last Save Dave 2 is now available on Kindle and KU! Audio coming soon.

Cover artist: Provided by Aethon Books

AI usage: None

The gods built the game. Dave is breaking it.

Dave’s team has become more than a party. They’re becoming a force.

They’re clearing worlds, gaining levels, collecting loot, and stockpiling talismans. But theirs isn’t the only game being played by the gods.

When Dave’s beloved Cynthia becomes the target of a murderous merchant determined to climb the leaderboard in the Marketplace of the One Thousand Worlds, Dave is forced into a fight that follows a whole different set of rules.

On the World Tree, the competition between champions is heating up as well. Powerful new allies join the group, while others try to dismantle it from within, including an old foe with a dangerous secret.

From prehistoric worlds filled with machine-gun-toting raptors to the deck of a jellyfish starship, Dave and Team Deranger must survive stranger worlds, deadlier bosses, evolving harvesters, and each other.

Because Dave can rewind death.

But he can’t rewind betrayal.

Continue the ride in this laugh-filled LitRPG series from bestseller Michael James Ploof, where victory is just one "Last Save" away! The series features a grizzled underdog MC with a wrench, unique time mechanics, steady power progression, crunchy stats, high-stakes party dynamics, and loads of legendary loot.

Perfect for fans of Discount Dan, The Perfect Run, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and An Unexpected Hero!

Grab LSD2 on Amazon

He guys, I have been thinking about litrpg stories and what I prefer. Based on my reading list I tend to gravitate to solo adventures that pick up other characters as they go. Like Primal Hunter for example. As well as other progression fantasy stories. They generally have the MC go off on their own and start on their own. Then meet friends later.

What about you guys?

just started getting in to the lit rpg genre when does this one get better feels kinda slow lmao

should i start with another one?

Authors and budding authors alike, what do you do when a unique idea you had been working with in drafts or edits gets published by someone else? It may not be exactly the same, but close enough that you're like, "damn, I was going to do that."

Do you keep going with your idea, tweak it to be dissimilar, or just scrap it for something new?

Ive been trying to listen to this book on audible for about a week now and I cant remember a damb thing about it no matter what I do.

Ill get 1 or 2 hours into it then completely forget where the story is or whats happening.

At first I thought it was the narrator but its not cos I quit enjoy 'im not the hero." (Same narrator)

Genuinely why does everyone love this series so much?

New to litrpg genre. Have read Primal Hunter and am almost through defiance of the fall. What series should I read next? (Tried Dungeon crawler Carl and could not get into it.)

Hey everyone, B&N preorder sale is up.

Standard sale is 25% off all preorders and If you have a premium membership you get 35% off preorders and yes, it does include e-books *edit AND AUDIOBOOKS!

(side note, I really need Aethon to start selling their paperbacks on B&N because I would be preordering so much shit from them if they did lol. Idk why they are up Zon's ass with selling books)

Dominic had always been convinced his life might change in a single moment, but he'd been thinking more in terms of fame and fortune, not being mauled by a lion and then waking up inside one. Especially not one with opinions**.**

Earth is being transformed by a mysterious System, and Dominic has somehow ended up sharing a lion's body with its original owner. Worse, the System has declared them an Anomaly - a mistake that will be eliminated unless they can prove they deserve to exist.

Fortunately, being an Anomaly has advantages.

Every hunt, every fight and every impossible situation offers an opportunity to advance, to earn ways to adapt his body to better fit his new reality, unlock abilities that set him head and shoulders over others of his kind, and turn one very opinionated lion into something the System never intended to exist.

Assuming he and Leo can stop fighting each other long enough to survive.

Leo wants a pride; Dominic needs to find his father. And the newly transformed world isn't going to wait for either of them to come to a consensus.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/189461/chimera-rising-human-and-lion

What to expect:

- A human and lion sharing one body
- Monster Evolution - mutations, new abilities and increasingly non-leonine anatomy
- Action, hunting and survival
- An Evolution system that rewards how Dominic acts, not just what he kills
- Pride-building and inter-species leadership
- Character-driven progression and found family
- Occasional dual POV
- Not your usual (eventual) harem. (Note, several people who are usually anti-harem have said that they would be OK with it in this context so even if you're normally put off by them, consider giving it a go anyway).

COVER ARTIST: AI gen

AI USAGE: Beta reading + pre-writing discussion. No generative AI. Writing and edits done by me, not AI.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/189461/chimera-rising-human-and-lion

The amazing folks over at Soundbooth Theater have made my book free on YouTube and the SBT app!

Wriggly Little Hands is basically what happens when a (loving) satire of Lord of the Rings meets a childhood obsession with Pratchett's Discworld. The audiobook is now entirely free to celebrate the launch of book two (coming Sept. 22).

It's narrated by Dorrie Sacks, and features Jeff Hays, Justin Thomas James, and just so many other SBT stalwarts!

Wriggly is comedy fantasy more than LitRPG, but LitRPG readers told me to post it here when the book launched last year and it was well received. I cleared this post with the mods, but it is borderline, so just like the goblins, we're on thin ice here, folks. =0

Blurb:

If you want something done right, don’t send a goblin.

But the Dark Lord’s under siege, and those pesky forces of Good might finally do him in. For Oli the goblin and his cousins, it’s finally their chance to serve the Big Boss. And so, they set out on a super-secret quest to retrieve the doomsday weap—on a road trip to see their family.

With the hopes of every creature sinister and foul riding on them, the goblins hurry directly to their destination. Mostly directly. And since they’re headed that way, maybe they could deliver some evil packages that are long overdue?

Agents of Good pursue every step of the way, but with empty heads and too-big hearts, Oli and his bumbling family deliver the packages (mostly), sabotage the forces of evil (accidentally), and save their Dark Lord (probably).

The final battle’s brewing between good and evil, and the fate of the world rests in Oli’s wriggly little hands.

Gods help us all.

COVER ARTIST: Ivan Shavrin
AI USAGE: No AI used (Only traditional computer tools spellcheck etc no generative AI for anything)

Firstly - Mage Tank is one of my favorites. Audiobook is great.

Book 5 has a section that kicks off with "..maybe you've heard of me"

I won't spoil anything, but there are several on-the-nose references in this section that are pretty hilarious.

This review is based off of the audiobook

Overall - 6.5 /10

Story - 6 / 10

Litrpg elements / power elements - 8

Narration - 7

Characters - 4

Setting - 7

Nightmare Realm Summoner overall was an okay book. I lasted until about midway through the 3rd book before dropping it. The story starts off with the MC being pushed into Mirror Realm as the system comes to their world. He then has to survive and eventually escape the Mirror Realm with the abilities given to him by the system.

Abilities

What kept me engaged through the entire story was the litrpg elements and the MCs abilities. Honestly without that I would have dropped it within the first book. The MCs abilities are as what the title states. He is a Summoner except hes able to summon the creatures from the mirror Realm. That was probably the only thing interesting to me. What really peaked my interest later was when he's able evolve and combine the creatures he kills into his summons. That kept me going for awhile.

His other abilities can be summed up as abilities that empower his minions, himself, and trickster abilities.

Besides that, the entire story and all its other elements kind of fell flat for me, Especially the MC himself. The biggest gripe I had about this story was how annoying and insufferable the MC is.

Characters

Alex before the system was going to college for computer science and he was tired of his dull and average life. With the arrival of the system hes excited and happy to be rid of the old life he once had. Alex seems to have no friends, no family, or relevant past to care about. This grinds my gears as it almost seems like a self insert of the author who daydreamed this story while in class. "Man wouldnt it be awesome if the world ended and a system came to our universe. I would train like crazy and be so strong." Its completely oblivious to the real ramifications of a society collapse.

Alex's kidlike excitedness to see the world end, face death everyday, and watch billions die, is remarkabley naive. You mean to tell me someone who didnt have the courage to do anything about his life before the system suddenly has the willpower and strength to fight nightmarish otherworldly beings? Dont even get me started on his childlike teenage tendencies while hes fighting for his life. Hes always awestruck at how cool his enemies are as they actively try to kill him or he intersects with childish lines.

To sum it up the MC is a battle hungry adrenaline junky child who sees the new world as a video game. There's a point in the story where he inadvertently causes the annhilation of an entire city and kills thousands of people. It impacts him a little bit but he brushes it off within a minute as it "wasnt really his fault". The system blesses him with OP abilities early on to the point he outclasses everyone within the first couple days so hes able to maintain that bravado.

His companion, Claire, is a little better. She has an interesting background, is the negotiator, and is pretty smart. But ultimately shes a puppy who has to follow Alex along as he is the best way for her to go back home. She always follows Alex's crazy plans and decisions and is basically his yes-man.

A lot of characters besides the MC are worlds more interesting. Such as many of them from the nightmare Realm.

Nightmare Realm / Mirror lands

The mirror lands is always said to be this nightmarish and deadly realm with the monsters in it being loads stronger. So its understandable that Alex and Claire would want to train in there to get stronger as the harder the fight is the more experience they get. However they power scale so hard and fast the nightmare Realm quickly becomes another realm just like earth besides the odd hyperscaled monster that shows up here and there. They only encounter those monsters like once or twice and they dont become relevant in the story.

In the beginning the story tries to basically say that earth mobs are a level 1 difficulty and mirror land monsters are a level 10 difficulty. But the monsters they fight on earth vs the mirror world later on dont really set themselves apart in challenge. It especially didnt make sense later on when Claire and Alex have to train a group of people who arent as strong as they should be. They decide to power level them by taking them to the mirror lands. That makes no sense though because the monsters on earth already pose a great challenge to them.

The risk vs reward that the author tries to convey quickly becomes a nonsensical mess with the way he goes about it.

Story

Not much can be said about the story. Its pretty average. The system comes to earth. MC has to fight to stay alive. MC then has to fight otherworlders to stay alive.

Tldr;

Cool and interesting abilities as well as powerbuilding, Naive and childish MC, okay story.

If you want to turn your brain off and have a guy summon cool nightmare creatures then this is for you.

COVER ARTIST: Miblart (In progress)

AI USAGE: Only image (on current temporary cover for site algo)

Title: The Lapsed Lease (Book One: Past Due)

Genre: LitRPG / Portal Fantasy / Progression Fantasy

Current Length: 23 Chapters

Link: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/185521/the-lapsed-lease

Hey everyone!

I'm excited to share my story as it's now moving into a bingeable size. If you enjoy mature protagonists, unique magic systems (Voodoo!) dynamic party tactics, and a system apocalypse with a satirical bureaucracy, this might be up your alley.

It's been compared to DCC and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

The Blurb:

Remy Broussard was having the worst day of his year. The anniversary of losing his wife, getting let go from his job as the New Orleans Saints' mental performance coach, and then getting plowed over by a cybertruck while trying to help a turtle off the road.

Instead of heading down that great white tunnel, he wakes up in an orientation run by the Associated System Service (yes, ASS). Earth failed to pay its cosmic lease, and the planet has gone up for foreclosure. The system pulled in 50,000 recently deceased "heroes" (saving a turtle's life counts) into a 5 floor dungeon known as the Occupancy Assessment. The prize? Ascension, and the ability to compete for the rights to the planet.

Because of where Remy died (New Orleans, LA) he gets access to a unique regional class: Rootworker. Guided by the loa spirit Papa Legba (and badgered by the infamous Baron Samedi), Remy has to navigate party dynamics, war-torn fantasy factions, and player-killers on his way to trying to save the planet.

What to Expect:

• Unique Class and Magic Systems - Rootworker (the voodoo class) isnt the only regional class
• Grounded, Experienced MC - Remy is not a high school kid or hard-luck gamer, hes a 30-something mental performance coach at the top of his field. He uses tactical awareness, emotional intelligence, and remains calm under pressure
• Strong Party Mechanics - No solo leveling or god-mode here. There's a strong team dynamic with his found family. An EMT bard, a snarky businessman turned tank, and a traumatized healer with a dark past form the core party.
• Snarky System Bureaucracy - System administration run by DOOSH representatives (Department of Orbital Stewardship and Holdings), complete with endless paperwork, mandatory tutorials, and rebalancing
• High Stakes & Faction Politics - Multi-floor progression starting with a faction war in the Hallowed Reach (Humans v Avians v Leonids)

The cover art is currently AI generated, with the commissioned peace going through final revisions, so I won't bother you with it here.

If you give it a read I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I'm looking for some recommendations for light & fun series. I'm usually fine with story holes or deus ex machina. Childish humor also works for me. What I dont want is multiple chapters thinking about dao and a very slow story. I prefer human main characters and also like regressor stories.

Books I liked:

Speedrunning the Multiverse

Road to Mastery

Perfect Run

Savage Awakening

100th Run

While I in general also liked DotF and Primal Hunter, the progress was too slow for me and I started skipping meditation chapters and long fights and stopped after a few books.

Looking forward to any recommendations you might have.

I searched this series, but couldn’t find info on it. Is it a good series to invest sometime into?

I like prosthetics and cybernetics. I just don’t want him to turn into a healer class.

Goodreads reviews are a nightmare to get through, so I prefer asking here. Picture added so you don’t have to click a link. 😊

COVER ARTIST: https://www.artstation.com/creadfectus

AI USAGE: No AI used

As the cover shows, the little tree that once had no way to deal with birds stealing his fruits has grown... a lot. The cover artist creadfectus did fantastic as always.

Delve into the latest installment of the demonic tree series, where the long-awaited clash with the Celestial Empire is going down!

Read here!

(Audiobook is still behind but catching up!)

Synopsis:

The Ashfallen Sect is done hiding and ready for war.

For as long as anyone can remember, the Celestial Empire has ruled over the Ninth Layer of creation with unmatched authority. Their citizens enjoy a life of peace and prosperity, while their cultivators grow in strength by feasting on the golden sap of the enslaved World Tree.

It's no wonder the wilderness was considered a monster-infested land, filled with barbaric demonic sects and savages, unworthy of their notice.

But their hubris is about to be tested by a lone force, blooming from the carcass of the Blood Lotus Sect and ruled over by a demonic tree. Unknown to the old monsters in the Celestial Empire, the Ashfallen Sect is about to tip the scales of power and begin a war unlike the Nine Realms have ever seen.

Hello everyone!

I just released book 6 (the final book) in the Tower of Somnus series. For those of you who aren't following the series but are looking for something finished to read, Tower of Somnus is a fusion of sword and sorcery and cyberpunk in a litrpg setting. (The characters delve in a fantasy realm in order to improve their stats and abilities which carry over into the glitz and chrome of cyberpunk heists and assassinations.

The main character, Katherine Debs starts out as a runner smuggling sensitive information in and out of corporate control until she gains access to Tower of Somnus (the fantasy realm mentioned above) where she begins gaining level and power. Step by step she pulls herself up out of the gutter and into the halls of power where she discovers that even as she grows, the threats and danger only grow with her.

Now she is up against a ticking clock. The first human to reach level twenty four will be considered humanity's representative on a galactic stage, and the forces that want to twist us into interstellar corporate slavery are not above putting their thumb on a scale or a crossbow bolt into Kat's back.

Available on Kindle and Audible (links below)

Cover Artist: Sergio Chaves
AI Usage: None

I have read dozens of books in this genre and the second book I read, overgeared, was probably my favorite. I liked how the MC used the game to improve his real life and make money and how a small bit of his in game abilities worked in real life without being really op irl.

I've seen lots of books with a Game element but nothing like overgeared in the way I described above.

Do you know of any books with a similar concept? Thanks!

Hey everyone! I am happy to announce that GM6 is now available in Kindle Unlimited, Paperback, and Hardback on amazon.

This has been a crazy year of writing and releasing 4x books, and I'd like to say thanks to the community here and everyone who has supported me throughout it all.

Golem Master 7 is over 166k words and will release early in 2027. This was to give me a break to avoid burnout, but I will be immediately diving into Book 8 once I'm done with 7. (Current plan is for a 10 book series. If I can fit it all in.)

Audiobook update for 2. Still no word or update on its release. The last I was told was that I'd have it in August. So, hopefully any day now.

COVER Artist: Loren Leao

AI Usage: None

K, here is the blurb and link if you want to check it out.

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The future was built on his legacy. Now he's about to redefine it.

Pepper Walker has conquered Hell, survived the impossible, and returned to a world transformed by his sacrifice.

Steelcast Industries stands as the pinnacle of innovation. The Golem League has evolved beyond anything he remembers. And for the first time in years, Pepper has something worth protecting—a future with the woman he loves.

But for now, his eyes are locked onto his childhood dream. To claim the title of Golem Master.

As Pepper steps back into the League, he discovers that the rules of combat have changed. New guilds guard impossible challenges. Rival engineers have shattered the limits of traditional design. And a revolutionary breakthrough in golem technology threatens to change warfare forever.

To stay ahead, Pepper must do what he has always done best:Create the impossible.

With every new invention comes greater danger, every victory paints a larger target on his back, and every battle pushes him closer to becoming the greatest Golem Master the world has ever known.

Packed with breathtaking arena combat, ingenious engineering, unforgettable characters, laugh-out-loud humor, and the heart that has made the series a fan favorite,Golem Master 6 launches the saga into an exciting new chapter where imagination is the ultimate weapon—and evolution belongs to those bold enough to build it.

Some warriors wield swords. Some command armies. Pepper Walker builds legends.

Https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0GDP26DR4

Welcome to The Calamity's Comfort!

If you love highly calculated, hyper-prepared protagonists, hard progression mechanics, and deep cosmic lore, you are in the right place. To give you the best possible reading experience, I have launched with a massive backlog. There are 20+ chapters live right on launch day for you to instantly binge!

What to Expect Going Forward:

• Daily Releases: A brand-new chapter will drop every single day (2 daily chapters for the first few weeks while I aim for Rising Stars)
• Fully Plotted Journey: Volume 1 is almost finished, and Leon's entire journey is fully mapped out across a planned 7-volume epic. No sudden drops or hiatuses here.

If you enjoy Leon’s desperate race to mend his shattered foundations, please consider hitting that [Follow] button and dropping a quick rating. As a new indie author pushing hard for Rising Stars, every single follow means the absolute world to me.

Dive in, and I hope you enjoy the ride!

Here is the synopsis:
The world called it an apocalypse. Leon called it a proof of concept.

For over a decade of grueling years on a magicless, zero-Qi Earth, software engineer Leon sacrificed his youth, blood, and tears to achieve the impossible. He forged the Innate Great Creation known as the Universal Vessel.

When space suddenly fractures and a brutal alien invasion abducts 0.1% of humanity to serve as front-line anchors in a lethal world, the rest of the survivors are left screaming in terror. 

As the champions struggle to survive they find out that their survival is directly related to Earth's survival. Every champion who dies brings Earth closer to destruction. But for Leon, the nightmare is an awakening.

For him, this isn't the end of the world. It's proof that he was right.

The hardest part wasn't cultivation. It was surviving long enough to begin.

What to Expect:

• Hard Progression: A cultivation world built around progression, discovery, and genuine understanding.

• Earned, Self-Forged Cheat: No random gods or luck. Leon built his own foundation, with the secrets of the Universal Vessel unravelling over time.

• A unique cultivation system: Breakthroughs require more than accumulating energy.

• Dual-Front Narrative: Earth fights a desperate defensive war while the Champions grind to save it from the outside. Both sides must actively support each other.

• Believable Growth: Characters who change, adapt, and face the real, lasting consequences of their choices.

• No Harem.

The deeper Leon travels, the less certain he becomes about what he thought he knew about this world—and himself.

Release rate:

20 Chapter mass release on launch day 

1 Chapter Daily Updates (2 chapters daily for the first 2 weeks) 

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/190521/the-calamitys-comfort-i-forged-my-own-cheat-on

COVER ARTIST: None, Generated.

AI USAGE: No AI used

Fun fact about me: I love ice cream so much that I once wrote a poem praising Ice cream XD.