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Return of the Runebound Professor

Actus

S85/100
Lives are a currency, and Noah Vines is rich. After standing around in the afterlife for thousands of years, Noah is all out of patience. When the opportunity to steal a second chance at life arises, he doesn't hesitate. Reincarnated into the body of a dying magic school professor, Noah finds he got more than just a second chance — he got infinite. Every time he dies, his body reforms. With countless variations of runic magic to discover and with death serving as only a painful soul-wound rather than a final end, Noah finally has a chance to wander the lands of the living once more. This time around, he plans to get strong enough to make sure he never has to wait around in the afterlife again.
Goodreads4.47· 3.5K
Competent MCGenius MCHard MagicOlder MCReincarnationSchool+1

Emerilia

Michael Chatfield

S85/100
Goodreads4.36· 4.9K
Base BuildingCompetent MCCraftingSystem ApocalypseVRMMOWeak to Strong

Sponsored Apocalypse

Blaise Corvin

A84/100
Miles "Shrug" Lindstrom received a quest years ago — he was the only person who could see the window, and in addition to the quest, he could also see a countdown to the end of the world. Part of him hoped he was just insane. Then the countdown stops, and what happens is nothing like he could have imagined. Miles prepared for almost any scenario, but a world full of monsters wasn't one of them. Will finishing his strange quest help him survive the chaos?
Goodreads4.48· 1.7K
Competent MCLitRPGPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

Me and My Demons

Oleg Sapphire

A84/100
My name is Konstantin, and I am no ordinary demonologist. In my past life, I was one of the world's greatest — and the horned lords and masters of the inferno trembled at my name. That name still carries weight in this new world, where I have chosen a very different path: soldier. The army turns out to be a total madhouse that obeys no reason, and the only way to understand it is to experience it. But Konstantin thrives where others merely survive — and the demons that once feared his name are about to be reminded why.
Goodreads4.54· 424
ComedyCompetent MCIsekaiReincarnationSummoning

Regis and Charlotte

MeetFearsomeDragons

A84/100
Regis knows it's an illusion. He's only ever seen Princess Charlotte from afar, only heard her voice when she spoke to a crowd. Sure, he's good at reading people, but he knows she of all people will be wearing a perfect mask. The problem is he's in love with the illusion, and it's not going away. So he strikes out on a quest: win the fighting tournament held every year, where she gives out the prize, and — just hypothetically — forfeit the monetary winnings and instead ask for a week to be close to her, to get to know the real her, and break the illusion once and for all.
Royal Road4.79· 620
Competent MCSecondary WorldSlow Burn

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

Millennial Mage

J.L. Mullins

A83/100
The Wilds relentlessly reclaim all things. Humanity shelters within ever-dying cities, and Mages create the only path forward. Tala fought tooth and nail in the Magic Academy to forge her own path to power. She skipped a few steps along the way—like actually apprenticing to someone who knows what they're doing. Now she must balance learning as fast as she can with paying off the Academy's crushing debt, all while staying alive in a world that considers her a Mage before she's truly ready to be one.
Goodreads4.47· 2.2K
Competent MCHard MagicSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Doorverse Chronicles

Kyle Johnson

A83/100
John Gilliam, the Faceless Man, is one of the world's premier assassins—legendary, never failed. When a job goes wrong, he discovers an entire universe beyond what he knows: the Doorverse, where magic and monsters exist and his lethal skills are frail shadows of the powers that be. Now John is an Inquisitor, tasked with traveling the Doorverse and righting the balance on each world he finds. Every world is unique, and he must learn to survive anew each time he steps through a door.
Goodreads4.57· 267
Anti-heroCompetent MCGameLitIsekaiLitRPGSecondary World

A Soldier Adrift: Captain Westeros

TheWiseTomato

A83/100
The Infinity Stones are not to be wielded lightly, as Steve Rogers discovers when he washes up on the shores of Westeros. In a world of swords and spears, what difference can one shield make? Follow Steve as he makes his way across Planetos, starting in Westeros just before Robert's Rebellion — wandering knight adventures, Steve doing Steve things when faced with injustice, and the inevitable consequences of setting a super soldier loose on a medieval battlefield. Themes include equality, the principle that right makes might, and the power of one person to uplift people and culture.
Royal Road4.76· 848
Competent MCIsekaiMilitaryOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSuperpowers

Paladin

Komikhan

A83/100
When the first derelict alien spacecraft fell to Earth, humanity reverse-engineered its technology and entered a new Golden Age. Hundreds more ships followed over the years, each spurring greater leaps forward. One unassuming craft that fell on Siberia in 2021 passed unnoticed — but it contained something beyond miraculous technology. Three years later, in a top-secret underground facility in eastern Colorado, an army of Paladin Mobile Infantry Suits was being built to turn the tide against the alien incursion consuming the planet. Humanity fell before that could happen. Sam, an engineer responsible for overseeing the facility, is now alone — his only company a base AI and an army of empty suits. With the world gone to hell and the things that caused it still living above, he decides he is much better off staying exactly where he is. Unfortunately, that is no longer an option.
Royal Road4.62· 1.1KGoodreads4.03· 7.6K
Competent MCGenius MCMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi+1

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker

Karen Miller

A83/100
In the kingdom of Lur, using magic without authorization means death. The ruling Doranen mages arrived as refugees centuries ago and struck a bargain: the native Olken would abandon their own magic forever. That law is enforced absolutely. Asher, a fisherman's son who came to the capital to make his fortune, finds himself befriended by Prince Gar and granted wealth and power beyond his dreams — unaware that the Olken's secret prophecy has marked him as the Innocent Mage, the one fated to save Lur from destruction.
Goodreads3.72· 20.5K
Competent MCHard MagicSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Player Manager

Ted Steel

A83/100
Max Best is a disillusioned Premier League fan whose love of football has been buried under cold statistics and hollow analytics. After rescuing a mysterious old man from a mugging, he's cursed — or gifted — with the ability to see any player's skills and attributes in a heads-up display, along with his own level-ups. What starts as a novelty rapidly pulls Max from the terraces into the world of professional football management, where he must reconcile the passionate fan he was with the calculating strategist he's becoming.
Royal Road4.74· 1.2KGoodreads4.44· 564
Competent MCGameLitGenius MCLitRPGStatsUrban Fantasy

Vigil Bound

James A. Hunter

A83/100
Boyd Knight found his calling when he joined the Marines and qualified for elite Force Recon. He'd found a tribe and a family — so when a hand grenade landed near his team, he jumped on it without thought or regret. Instead of winding up dead, he wakes up in a cave full of monsters with a knife in one hand and a pistol in the other. He's been chosen by Raguel, the Five-Faced God of Justice, and entrusted with the power of the Vigil Bound. Every kill makes him stronger, and thanks to the Ascendant System, Boyd can level up, unlock spells, and harness the abilities of the monsters he's dispatched to hunt.
Goodreads4.47· 1.9K
Class SystemCompetent MCIsekaiLitRPGReincarnationSkill Collection+1

The Shattered Reigns

Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko

A82/100
Despite his youth, Declan Idrys knows the evils of the world — the brigands plaguing the King's lands, the monsters lurking in the wooded depths. Together with his companion Ryn, a horse of peculiar talent, he has spent a decade beneath the bloody banners of mercenary guilds hunting precisely such wickedness. When a troubling contract goes sideways, Declan and Ryn are thrust into a war thought legend and long-ended — one so old it is synonymous with a time when dragons still ruled the western skies. As dead men rise from their graves and terrible beasts descend from the north, Declan must choose: flee an ancient rising horror, or face it and learn to wield an ageless power all his own. Centuries pass, but the Blood of Kings does not fade.
Goodreads4.28· 5.1K
Competent MCGrimdarkMilitarySecondary WorldSoft Magic

Soccer Supremo

TedSteel

A82/100
Max Best is back, and exactly the same as ever. His grinding is paying off: his football club's new stand is rising, his team tops the league, and his personal wealth is exploding. He even has his face on the cover of Soccer Supremo, the best-selling football management game. But just as things are finally going his way, he decides to risk it all by taking on a new challenge and a new enemy. There's no way it will work and no way he will get away with it — and that's just the way he likes it. This is book 15 in the Player Manager series; new readers can start here.
Royal Road4.78· 520
Competent MCGameLitGenius MCLitRPGUrban Fantasy

Delve

SenescentSoul

A81/100
An average guy wakes up in a forest with no idea how he got there. He wasn't summoned to defeat a demon lord or save the world — as far as he can tell. He can't speak the local language, and not everybody immediately trusts a pajama-wearing stranger they found in the wilderness. Things generally go downhill from there, at least until the blue boxes start appearing. Delve is a story about finding your way in a new, strange, and dangerous world. It's about avoiding death, figuring out what's going on, and making friends along the way. The main character takes an unconventional path as a support mage focused entirely on mana regeneration — a build most adventurers consider foolish. The numbers in this story actually mean something, and progression is measured not just in personal power but in allies, connections, and hard-won knowledge.
Royal Road4.50· 7.6KGoodreads4.25· 860
Competent MCCozyHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGLoner MC+3

Soul Caller

Seth Ring

A81/100
Ever since he was little, Merrick had been blessed by the Great Spirits, granting him an unusually strong connection to the Song of the World. With his Warrior Ceremony approaching, he was sure his greatest wish was about to come true — until invaders from another world began creeping into his people's land, intent on devouring every resource they could find. When Merrick offers to guide a rich young prospector's group into the untamed wilds, he finds he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Fierce wolves stalk the dark and poisonous insects hide under every leaf, but the true danger lurks in the hearts of his companions. Armed with a Guardian Spirit he doesn't understand and strange knowledge of the future, it will take every ounce of courage and fortitude Merrick can muster to make it out of the mountains alive.
Goodreads4.50· 575
Competent MCSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong

Path of the Slayer

Hunter Mythos

A81/100
They laughed when Arden got stuck at Rank 0. Then he discovered the hidden path that monsters and rankers fear most. Arden gave everything to rise as a guild adventurer, pushing his warrior training and artificer talents to their limits. For four soul-crushing years, his Rank 0 Epiphany remained locked at 99%. Now, with his dreams fading and health collapsing, he undertakes one final quest — a simple goblin extermination in the city's sewers — and discovers a rare Hell Portal: the only path to unlock his true potential. Beyond lies limitless power and realms stretching far past the borders of his empire. In this System, there can only be one Slayer.
Goodreads4.48· 889
Competent MCCrafting PowerDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGWeak to Strong

The Arinthian Line

Sever Bronny

A81/100
Orphan and former farm slave Augum dreams of becoming a warlock, but with a kingdom in chaos, that dream seems out of reach. A vicious tyrant has overthrown the king in a quest for seven mythic artifacts — and Augum's mentor, the legendary Anna Atticus Stone, possesses one. Forced to take shelter in a mysterious castle with other aspirants, Augum must learn the basics of spellcraft before the tyrant finds them. But when a sudden betrayal plunges the group into a terrifying ordeal, survival will hinge on his daring, his aptitude in the arcane arts, and friendships forged in fire.
Goodreads4.33· 3.8K
Competent MCSchoolSecondary WorldSoft MagicWeak to Strong