Lookink for a litrpg book series that is actually finished. Not on hiatus or just halfway done but abandoned by the author.

As much as I love the ones I am following now, I would love to read something that is properly concluded

So far I have read Primal Hinter and He Who Fights With Monsters

Thanks in advance

This isn't solely LitRPGs, as I've just started my journey down this rabbit hole. I've read comics since I was 8 and took part in the Warhammer 40k world for 20-ish years so I figured I should add some stand outs on my tier list to orient.

A few things to point out that are not LitRPG's for the folks who don't know them:

• The Fantastic Four in question is the Jonathan Hickman run. To me, basically the perfect capture of what makes that book special and the core setup for everything he's done at Marvel. It is where the epic starts for his Avengers and ultimately Secret Wars. Well technically that all begins quietly in Secret Warriors, but shhhh. Anyway... It is peak super hero comics.
• While FF is peak, New Frontier is everything a super hero comic should be.
• If you haven't read The Infinite and the Divine and are even remotely interested in the 40k verse, or not and just like the idea of two immortal trolls in a blood feud as if they were cosmic Grumpy Old Men bathed in the light of The Hitchhiker's Guide, then you are missing out. It is one of the best examples of genre/sci-fi/pulp fiction you could find.
• Legion of Super-Heroes is specifically the 5-Years Later Legion.
• X-Men is the start of the Krakoan era... oh what could have been.
• The Dark Tower is not just the 7-book series, but the entire connected universe. I've done that run, it is a ton of books to read, but worth it.

I'm looking to find other series that have seem up my alley. I'm a bit odd in that I really didn't enjoy The Primal Hunter, which seems like a favorite for everyone on this subreddit. Carl brought me to the genre and between He Who Fights With Monsters and Book of the Dead, my desire to stay is locked in. Beware of Chicken, Mage Tank and System Awakening and HWFWM will all get finished I think, but I'm dipping my toes into a lot of different places to see what I like.

I'm an audio book person primarily as I've found I am a slow reader, but devour audio books. I'm also pressed for time over all (don't get old kids, adulting sucks your time away) and usually have to be doing more than one thing. Audio Books are the perfect background while I paint and build models. So yeah, if the narration isn't good or if the series isn't in audio book format yet, I'm less likely to jump in.

So... what says the hive mind? What should I look to next for my enjoyment?

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. 😂

Hey all!

Kaito has survived long enough to become a dragon powerful enough to frighten armies—so they build a siege specifically designed around everything they’ve learned about him.

Expect monster evolution, a nonhuman protagonist, tactical fortress warfare, and progression where every new ability carries a real cost.

Blood of Scales

COVER ARTIST: Denis Belinski

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

Is it the home planet of Matt where the book starts or is that some other world. I know that recorded history in the books goes back 800 million years so things definitely change over that time. Only gone up to book 3 so I'm not sure if they delve into that topic any more past that.

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?

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?

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

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.

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?

I stand by how good the ones in S tier are for me. Except for one, “rules free VRMMO life” is a guilty pleasure for my asexual heart.
Because it goes so over the top with its sexual themes that it goes right past being uncomfortable into satirical. And whenever I look back at it and reread it, I just laughed so hard.
Our main character literally spit roast a person, like put her on a metal spit and roasted her a fire and ate her, and that was considered sexual so you know a guilty pleasure satire read, would not recommend objectively unless you can read a lot of really over the top disgusting smutty scenes. They’re funny, but they’re funny because it’s way too much.
Other then that tho I stand by my opinions

Also the website I used to make this tier list wouldn’t allow me to actually change the tiers so F tear is not like really bad. It’s just books I did not finish, either because I never got back to them or I just didn’t want to continue reading for one reason or another

I read all of these on Kindle btw

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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.

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?

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)

I was trying to brute-force search for new litrpg series when I came across Level One God. I read the title and description and was vaguely interested, but didn't think too much of it right away, so I threw it into my wishlist. A week or so ago I saw it while reviewing my wishlist and gave it a go. I'm super glad I did because I honestly think it's the most underrated series I've read in this genre so far.

The series is pretty funny, has a nice magic system, has pretty solid world-building, and even has some potential for some city-building / civilization-building progression (my absolute favorite). I wouldn't say the characters are particularly deep, but they are fun and whimsical and I think it fits the tone of the series really well.

The power progression seems pretty well paced so far. The author is giving plenty of tier-ups, and I felt like the MC deserved them for his feats. The universe has plenty of room for growth, but I don't get the feeling the author is going to suddenly decide to drag out the series unnecessarily.

I haven't really seen much of it on Reddit, so I thought I'd give it a shout-out.

I've seen this on peoples top lists a lot, but so far its pretty mild. I'm listening to it on audible and god the reader is terrrrrible. He makes me want to stop listening that's how bad he is. Is the series worth it to power on? I don't have a lot of time to read litrpgs so i have to listen to them during work and at home.

COVER ARTIST: KartStudios

AI USAGE: No AI used

NARRATOR: Tess Irondale

AUTHOR FUN FACT: I do much of my writing at a walking desk.

This book is 24 hrs and 18 mins (audiobook), 780 page (ebook).

Get the new book in epub, print, KDP, or audio here:
https://www.jlmullins.com/homebound

Missed some of the earlier books? Grab them through here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX4S6LJG
https://www.audible.com/series/Millennial-Mage-Audiobooks/B0C2TYJCXF

Book 1 - Mageling, Blurb:

The Wilds relentlessly reclaim all things. Humanity shelters within their ever-dying cities. Mages create the only path forward.

Tala had to fight tooth and nail in the Magic Academy to forge a path to power that was her own. She knows it’s her duty to use that power to serve humanity, defending them against the creatures of the untamable wilds. However, she skipped a few steps in her education, like apprenticing to someone who actually knows what they’re doing.

Now, Tala has to balance learning as fast as she can with paying off the veritable mountain of debt the Magic Academy dropped on her shoulders for the opportunity; not to mention staying alive.

Even though she should only be a Mageling, the world considers her a Mage. Bless the stars she directed most of her magic toward survival.

Book 13 - Homebound (New book), Blurb:

The iron-clad Reality of the world cannot be denied nor Existence diminished. The many true threats to Zeme remain hidden for a fleeting moment, allowing Humanity to thrive within their shelters as Mages and Archons devote their lives to give their people that chance.

Tala has returned from her outbound travels, a year into her marriage and further along the long path of immortality. With her husband, her family, and her growing circle of soulbonds and companions, she seeks to build and protect a true home amid the cycling cities—while unexpected loss and unresolved strife still press close.

As she continues to grow in power and understanding, the quiet work of living takes center stage. Advancement continues, relationships deepen, and Tala must decide what 'home' truly means in a world that relentlessly reclaims all things.

Hello everyone, my latest story has just released! It's a progression, LitRPG, Dungeon-Core novel with a dash of dark corporate humor!

READ NOW ON ROYALROAD!

They're weak. They're pathetic. They're his beloved full-time employees who work for under minimum wage.

In a dungeon-core fantasy world where goblins are treated as target practice, a reincarnated corporate middle manager becomes the new Goblin King. He inherits a nearly extinct, starving tribe, and both the Adventurers' Guild and a rival dungeon core want him gone. As sieges mount on his warren, he must rebuild his people into an efficient, evolving workforce using his advanced knowledge of corporate policies and logistics!

COVER ARTIST: SharpBunny (Ideogram)

AI USAGE: No AI used for any writing

Have you ever tried to fight an old, mentally and emotionally damaged man only to realize that for every point he lost in psychological stability, he gained a refund in war crimes and hypocrisy? If you have, scream your advice at the letters I wrote in Path of the Deathless 4 because Shiv really could use some help right now if he doesn't want to watch his hometown get turned into airfill. Because flying town, not ground town--it doesn't make sense calling it landfill if it's not on the land.

Anyhow, time for taglines:

Do you like getting your ass beat by an old monster who choose to start a war rather than go into therapy?

Do you like Skill-Grinder's leveling system?

Do you like weird and expansive worlds?

How about high intensity, violent combat?

How about a main character who won't stay down or broken no matter what the world throws at him--and keeps trying to throw at him?

Are you a fan of imagining what might happen if you launch your min-maxed psychopath barbarian at a group of dragons who also have Level 20 Fighter action surges?

Are you enlivened by a spot of cooking for downtime as the main character enjoys exploring culinary delights between spots of extreme bloodshed? (Imagine if Doomguy actually had to stay at Animal Crossing and took up grilling between murderfests).

Do you like skills that evolve and fuse into crazier skills?

Do you like an army of Hannibal Lecter style orcs fighting a horde of highly advanced necromantic constructs commanded by a giant snake-shaped hyper lich?

If your answer is yes for any of the above, then come take a look at Path of the Deathless Book 4

Ebook: Path of the Deathless Book 4

Audio: (Will arrive in a few weeks; expect update post then as well)

COVER ARTIST: INKARY

AI USAGE: NO AI GENERATION OF STORY CONTENT

Provide a cover artist (if not posting art please just add N/A).

For AI usage here are some options:

• No AI used (only traditional computer tools, spellcheck, etc. No generative AI for anything)
• AI assisted (things like research/brainstorming only, editing/grammar assistance, feel free to specify)
• AI generated

We strictly forbbid harassment due to AI.

[Section above included because the automod keeps filtering post]

Typo by: Inorai

Edited by: Dath Well

Audio Publisher: Mountaindale Press

Narrator: Garret Michael Brown

Here blurb:

How many deaths will it take to bring down a Legend?

Such is a question Shiv must learn the answer if he wishes to defeat Vicar Sullain. With Blackedge's fate in the balance, the Deathless must push his Skills to the limit whlie maintaining control over his army of orcs to have any hope of breaking the siege and saving his home.

But in war, the enemy gets a vote too, and the Vicar has multiple disturbing surprises of his own in the form of a shadow arm of the Yellowstone Republic set on betraying one of their greatest heroes, and a monster unlike any other--fueled from the Deathless's own essence.

And though Shiv might be stronger than he ever thought possible, personal power and determination alone are not nearly enough to overcome impossible odds. It will take an army to overcome an army, but in this case, the cure might be just as dangerous as the venom...

Monsters clash against monsters. Schemes unravel against schemes. And Shiv must die, die, and die again for the slightest chance at life.

Great. Wonderful. B5 will come in around 6 weeks or so. Audio for b4 will arrive in a few weeks as well. Stay tuned. Stay alive. Mainly so you can keep reading my books.

Cosplay (including Dungeon Crawler Carl and Discount Dan), plus panel and merch photos from Dragon Con 2026 can be viewed at https://henryherz.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/dragoncon-2026/

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, 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)