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Saving the school would have been easier as a cafeteria worker

CluelessRR

S86/100
Cal was awoken in a new world years ago, and his second life has not been a smooth one. Now he's been called upon to complete a covert military assistance mission — except that means being marooned at the heart of the enemy, saddled with a fake identity and a fake family, attending a hybrid magical college-highschool for nobles. Balancing the demands of student life while secretly investigating a plot that could doom the Academy and the city around it is a tall order. Failing a class or two doesn't seem so important when demons might burn everything down. Not everyone agrees with him on that.
Royal Road4.77· 1.4K
ComedyCompetent MCCozyMysteryOverpowered MCReincarnation+3

Daniel Black

E. William Brown

S86/100
Summoned to a world in the midst of apocalypse, Daniel Black would have his hands full just staying alive. Add in refugees, desperate soldiers, scheming nobles, and a pair of thoroughly wicked witches, and life gets very busy indeed. Good thing he has magic of his own to even the scales — but will even that be enough?
Goodreads4.28· 7.6K
GoreHaremIsekaiPost-apocalypticSexual ContentSoft Magic

Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz

S86/100
Odd Thomas is a young fry cook from a small California desert town with an extraordinary ability: he can communicate with the dead. The silent souls who seek him out sometimes want justice, and their tips occasionally help him prevent crimes. But when a stranger arrives in Pico Mundo accompanied by a horde of ominous shades heralding imminent catastrophe, Odd and his soul mate Stormy Llewellyn must race against time to prevent a mass tragedy. His journey takes him across the American West and beyond, facing evil both human and inexplicable, as his destiny slowly reveals itself.
Goodreads4.01· 277.9K
GrimdarkHorrorMysterySoft MagicUrban Fantasy

Last Life

Alexey Osadchuk

S86/100
In a former life, Jack was gifted — a discreet problem-solver for wealthy clients who needed jobs finished cleanly and without a trace. One day he picked a fight with the wrong man and his old life came to an end. A mysterious supernatural being whisked Jack's consciousness into the body of Max Renard, illegitimate son of an executed traitor, now homeless and living on the western outskirts of an unfamiliar kingdom. This new life — his last life — is the one he must lead.
Goodreads4.47· 4.1K
Competent MCMilitarySecondary WorldSoft MagicTransmigration

The Dungeon Without a System

StrangerDanger51

S86/100
The unnamed main character wakes up as a Dungeon Core. Instead of being deep within the earth or in a cave, this newly-minted Dungeon Core finds himself drifting to the beach of an uncharted and uninhabited island. Watch as he explores the uses of mana, defends himself from people trying to kill him, and confuses the hell out of all the humans who attempt to understand just why he's so different from other dungeons.
Royal Road4.65· 3.1K
Dungeon CoreIsekaiNon-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World+1

Chasing Sunlight

InadvisablyCompelled

S86/100
In a world of lightless skies and endless secrets, humanity endures as a vigil of light against eternal darkness. Under the Illuminated King and the Reflected Council, a veteran explorer assembles an expedition to the far east — a place no sane man would go — because Jonathan Heights claims to have seen sunlight. Sunlight is a laughable myth, but he will not be stopped. Wonders and horrors both lie between the human lands and his goal: long-forgotten things that could not be recorded on any map. As crown agents and underworld figures join Jonathan aboard the airship Endeavor, motives remain uncertain and the truth stays shrouded.
Royal Road4.78· 942Goodreads4.23· 127
HorrorMilitaryMysterySecondary WorldSoft Magic

Battle Through the Nine Realms

Shawn Wilson

S85/100
Ragnarok is near and the Vikings of Midgard have failed to prevent it. Searching all worlds for one last warrior, Odin's eye falls on Magnus — an Army Ranger whose death took his entire team with him. Summoned before the All-Father, Magnus strikes a bargain: be reborn in Midgard, empower himself through mystical runes, and battle Odin's foes — in exchange for his team getting a second chance at life if he succeeds. Waking in a small farming village, Magnus must train and battle mundane foes and mythological creatures across all Nine Realms.
Goodreads4.54· 549
MilitaryReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Wander West, in Shadow

CloverCloverClover

S85/100
The war ended, but the world didn't. For years, the lands burned in the wars of the White Queen, a sorceress and tyrant whose mad ambition brought ruin to all she touched. Now she is dead, but all that remains has been bled dry — charred towns lie hollow, fields return to the wild, and quiet shadows settle where folk once made their homes. Through this darkness, the young wizard Martimeos walks broken roads following the fading trail of his brother, who marched west to fight in the Queen's War and never returned. On his journey he must barter with demons, trade riddles with fae, and contend with the wild witch Elyse, a fellow practitioner with secrets of her own. At last the road brings him to Silverfish, a cursed village whose future has been stolen. His search will lead him to the horror at the heart of Silverfish's tragedy — and the truth behind his brother's fate.
Royal Road4.83· 474
GrimdarkHorrorMysterySecondary WorldSoft Magic

Vigor Mortis

Thundamoo

S85/100
In a world of sky islands orbiting around a core of mist, humanity is besieged by countless threats. When a young girl from the slums unwittingly becomes one of those threats, she finds herself capable of horrific things that she cannot help but learn to love. Vigor Mortis is a lighthearted story about existential terror. Come for the horror, stay for the hope.
Royal Road4.62· 4.1KGoodreads4.37· 855
HorrorLGBTQ+Non-human MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicSummoning+1

Tarot

Travis Bagwell

S85/100
Finn Harris is a brilliant retired engineer still mourning the death of his wife Rachael — a loss tied to the company he helped build. With little left to live for, his daughter pushes him into Awaken Online, a new virtual reality game developed by his former employer. Inside, Finn discovers a school for mages where students duel to the death and faculty maim novices without hesitation. Guided — and manipulated — by a fire deity, Finn must learn to fight, reclaim his purpose, and find a path to redemption before his time runs out.
Goodreads4.42· 4.3K
LitRPGOlder MCSchoolSoft MagicVRMMO

Magic 2.0

Scott Meyer

S85/100
Martin Banks is just a normal guy who makes an abnormal discovery: reality is nothing more than a computer program, and he can manipulate it. When his little 'tweaks' attract unwanted attention, he time-travels to Medieval England to pose as a wizard rather than face prosecution. An American hacker in King Arthur's court, Martin must train to become a full-fledged master of his powers, discover the truth behind the ancient wizard Merlin — and not, you know, die or anything.
Goodreads3.97· 43K
ComedyCompetent MCIsekaiSecondary WorldSoft MagicTransmigration

Shade Touched

Zat

S85/100
A monster is born in the depths of the wilds, but she isn't like her siblings. Curiosity colors her every thought, and a hunger for understanding grows within this little creature. The world is full of wonders just waiting to be discovered — she's not just hunting for her next meal; her prey is something far greater: knowledge. But discovery alone is missing half the point. What joy is there in finding the next amazing thing when there's no one to share it with?
Royal Road4.69· 2.3K
CozyNon-human MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

A Practical Guide to Evil

ErraticErrata

S85/100
The Empire stands triumphant. For twenty years the Dread Empress has ruled over the lands that were once the Kingdom of Callow, but behind the scenes of this dawning golden age, threats to the crown are rising. The nobles of the Wasteland weave their plots behind pleasant smiles, rebellion stirs beyond Peren Woods, and the First Prince of Procer ponders whether a crusade might secure her reign. Yet none of this matters, for in the heart of the conquered lands the most dangerous man alive sat across an orphan girl and offered her a knife. Her name is Catherine Foundling, and she has a plan.
Royal Road4.77· 1.1KGoodreads4.40· 718
Anti-heroGenius MCGrimdarkMilitarySecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

The Artificer

Marcus Cass

S85/100
Alexander is a master artificer who cheated death and woke up three hundred years later in the body of a young count with a scandalous reputation, in the glorious city on the Neva he once helped build. The world has changed enormously — but he is still an artificer, and he is still home. Now he must reclaim his craft, deal with the political mess that comes with his new identity, and grow even stronger in the art of magical artifact creation.
Goodreads4.51· 834
CraftingOlder MCReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft MagicStats

The Immortals' Mask

Jay Krauss

S85/100
Sataou was not chasing glory. He had a sharp mind, a relaxed spirit, and a place in the Shengu Sect earned through quiet dedication rather than burning ambition. His Void affinity demanded emotional control — and the world refused to let him stay whole. When that balance shatters, what remains loses what makes it human. This is not a tale of ascension. It is the story of what is lost along the way — and the rise of a man who will stop at nothing to sever the chains of a captive world.
Goodreads4.66· 274
CultivationGenius MCGrimdarkSoft MagicTragedyWuxia

Courting Death

Blue Moon 13

A84/100
Martin Zheng has always held dying hands and listened for the hush that comes after the final heartbeat. It's his gift, his burden — until the night he gives his own life to shove a child away from speeding headlights and awakens in Death's embrace. She is Thanara: silver-haired, star-eyed, lonelier than the long darkness she guides. For one stolen moment, two caretakers share a tenderness deeper than fear. Then the cosmos declares his death "an error" and hurls him back to existence. Reborn as Mingxuan in the Elemental Realm — where sword-saints carve mountains and power is measured in the lives you can end — Martin remembers only fragments: a scent of rain-drenched lilacs, a pulse in his chest, a promise to meet Death again. While rival sects chase immortality, he walks the forbidden Dao of Death, mastering the grace of endings so he can stand beside the woman no one dares to love.
Royal Road4.76· 1.1K
CultivationIsekaiOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary WorldSlow Burn+3

Blood & Fur

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

A84/100
A new emperor rules each year in Yohuachanca. Only the most delicious food graces his palate, the realm's most beautiful women fill his harem, his palace dazzles the mind — and at the year's end, he is sacrificed to the Nightlords under the light of the Scarlet Moon. Iztac is a pisspoor orphan and this year's emperor. A sacrifice bound for the altar. But the vampires have made a mistake: Iztac is a sorcerer whose soul can journey into the secret underworld to plunder the spells of the dead. There, in the darkness, hides the power to drag the Nightlords off their throne. He has a year to find it — or perish for good. He may not be the first emperor, but he will be the last.
Royal Road4.75· 1.5K
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCGrimdarkMilitarySecondary World+1

The Valens Legacy

Jan Stryvant

A84/100
Sean is a college junior studying computer science, living in near-poverty since his father died in an industrial accident when he was eight. When a failed kidnapping attempt leaves his best friend dead and his mother missing, Sean is thrust into a hidden world of magic, supernatural societies, and lycanthropes — all of whom want him dead or captured. Determined to finish the work that got his father killed, Sean builds a growing family of allies — tantric witches, cheetah lycanthropes, and wolves — and wages a campaign against the powerful magic councils that control his city. What begins as survival quickly escalates into an all-out war to reshape the balance of power across North America. As Sean's influence grows, he faces ancient demons, government conspiracies, and enemies who see his rise as an existential threat they cannot allow to stand.
Goodreads4.40· 4.1K
Competent MCGoreHaremMilitarySexual ContentSoft Magic+2

Frith Chronicles

Shami Stovall

A84/100
Volke Savan is an arcanist — someone who has bonded with a mythical creature to wield magic. His bonded creature is a knightmare, a being of shadow and terror, and it has revealed a terrible secret: Volke's childhood hero is a murderer spreading corrupted magic across their world. From confronting that first betrayal to facing a full-scale war between god-arcanists, Volke rises through the ranks of the Frith Guild while working to stop the Second Ascension and its Autarch from seizing god-creatures that could destroy the world.
Goodreads4.37· 4.4K
Competent MCHard MagicMilitaryMonster TamingSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

Here Be Dragons: Book 1 of the Emergence Series

Second_Sol

A84/100
Billions of years ago, Earth formed a little differently — less iron, more water — and the first humans evolved on a lone continent surrounded by vast oceans spanning 97.5% of the planet. For millennia, humanity believed their island to be the only land in existence, until satellites revealed two distant continents. An expedition of humanity's best and brightest sets out — only for a series of disasters to wipe out all but one of the crew. Doctor Alexander Pryce becomes the first and only man to step foot on foreign soil. Alone, he struggles to carry on the mission, and in doing so draws the attention of an inquisitive and highly intelligent dragon. Desolate but not alone, Pryce begins the painstaking process of learning to communicate with an alien species — and becomes the sole representative of humanity whose actions will determine the future of both their kinds.
Royal Road4.82· 391
Genius MCNon-human MCSci-fiSecondary WorldSoft Magic