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Gods are, generally speaking, not fans of putting their fingers on the scale. After a few hundred millennia and enough prayers to fill a hollow Earth, they have learned the art of delegation — finding exceptional mortals with the potential to become Heroes, and putting them to work. Quasi Eludo has been a Hero. He did the whole "save the world" rigmarole across twenty-nine different worlds, came home, and realized it was never enough. He wanted to do it again. So he sold his services to the lazy, wanton Gods as a Hero for Hire. Now, after all that, he faces his most terrifying adversary yet: the Internal Revenue Service.

Isekaid into another world, the protagonist arrives armed with genre savviness and a determination to twist every cliché to his benefit. Cockroach villains? Dealt with before they become a problem. Trash young masters? Avoided and handled quietly. Damsels in distress? Not his responsibility. A power fantasy built around a hardcore internet citizen who knows every trope in the book — and uses that knowledge to carve a path from weak to unstoppably strong.

Hal Dix is stuck in an unlucky life — his wife is a successful executive while his IT help desk job leads nowhere. Then a strange woman at a flea market sells him a bootleg early release of the highly anticipated Fantasma game. Hal should be careful what he wishes for. Whisked away into the game he only wanted to play for a weekend, he enters a world desperate for a hero — and is forced to become an Accidental Thief, and perhaps the mythical hero of prophecy.

In post-System Toronto, Alex doesn't slay monsters to get by — he delivers pizza. Broke and rejected by both the Adventurer's Guild and the Courier Guild, with nothing but a crumbly resume, he takes the only job left in town: delivery boy for Nino's Pizza, a Lich Pizzeria run by a married couple literally bound to the building. He must deliver enchanted pizza to Dungeon Bosses in sixty minutes or less, or suffer the wrath of both the Bosses and the old couple. With nothing but a seemingly useless ability, Alex must stay alive, deal with psychotic exes, and pray for loot in place of tips.

When Peter's too-close encounter with a truck sends him to another world, he lands in what seems like a perfect fantasy land — magic, elves, a hyperactive catgirl neighbor, and a System for earning skills and leveling up. But the world is almost suspiciously nice. Set a few hundred years after the events of A Lonely Dungeon, this is a slow-paced slice-of-life story about an Earthling falling into a rebuilt civilization and the struggles both he and the world's self-proclaimed protector face in trying to understand each other.

In a futuristic world of superheroes and supervillains, the ability to dream of another world doesn't seem particularly useful. But for Demund, who has recently sent his best friend off to the Preliminary Islands superhero training grounds, it turns out to be life-changing. A rejuvenating vacation to a world of magic is now only a good night's rest away. As Demund explores his new world, reality around him begins to change — and he must figure out how to balance the existence of both.

When Haruhiro came to, he was in darkness, with no memory of how he got there or where "here" even was. Others were with him, each remembering little more than their own name. When they emerged from underground, they found a world that felt just like a game. To survive, Haruhiro forms a party with others in the same situation, learns skills, and takes his first steps into the world of Grimgar as a trainee volunteer soldier — not knowing what awaits him. A tale of adventure born from the ashes.

A hundred years ago, thirteen towers arrived on Earth. Each year at noon on the summer solstice, the tower gates open, admitting any who wish to climb. Those who survive return with incredible powers and riches. Over the decades, the worlds inside the towers have leaked free, changing Earth and her inhabitants. Except for the Thirteenth Tower — the Unconquered Tower. Nobody has ever left it. Every year it leeches more life out of the world, turning the American Southwest into a growing graveyard. If it isn't cleared, it will consume the planet. Roan doesn't care about that. The tower has long been the gravestone for his family, as generations have tried to best it and save their ancestral homes. All he wants is to put one burning question to rest: are they dead? He only needs to clear the tower to find out.

Log in or die. Clay Hopewell has less than twenty-four hours before the ZERO virus kills him, and the only option left is digitally uploading his consciousness into Arcane Kingdom Online — the most advanced virtual reality game ever released. Surviving the risky upload is just the start. Clay wakes up to a fantasy world in crisis, a starting race that half the population despises, a locked mage class, and a malevolent in-game glitch hunting players. If he doesn't learn the rules fast, his second chance will be worse than his first.

They called him Sven, the Shatterfist. A legend. A hero. And he's finally returned home after a decade of battle. It's time to start over. Settle down. Retire. But for someone like Sven, life isn't what it used to be — adventuring isn't what it used to be. Things have changed. He's changed. The world has changed. A cozy, character-driven story about found family, personal growth, and what comes after the adventure is over.

Mercenaries are causing trouble in the city — hunting someone, whatever the cost. It's not that the demon lord particularly cares about the lowly humans who died, but letting it slide would set a bad example. The hero would save the victims and protect them while the enemies keep coming. The demon lord has a simpler solution. They aren't calling him the demon lord for nothing.

In a single night, Thorne loses everything — and discovers the truth about his heritage. He is an Aetherborn, tied to an ancient power that others would kill to control. Forced from his home, he must survive on the streets, navigating ruthless guilds and dangerous factions using only his cunning and his rapidly developing abilities. To reach his near-limitless potential, Thorne must master many masks and countless skills — Assassin, Hunter, Strategist, Mage — as his paths of power converge in a complex web of deceit. Revealing too much, or trusting the wrong person, could cost him everything.

In a land ruled by vile monsters, where death is common and life is cruel, one outcast aspires to have it all. When misfortune drags the odd goblin Stryg from his forest home into the ruthless city of Hollow Shade, he must adapt to a world that only sees him as a dimwit savage. Stryg finds himself embroiled in a school of magic where an aristocrat's smile hides deceit and the simplest remark may lead to death threats. Yet nothing will stop him from pursuing his ideals of glory: power, honor, and food with salt. As he navigates the muddled grey waters of the Ebon Realm, he will learn that some monsters lurk everywhere.

Mana artists rule the world, and the path to power is a well-kept secret — restricted to state-approved programs and schools. Akari Zeller will never be a mana artist. Not if society has its way. She's a Bronze with no money, no family, and no connections. But technology is advancing too. And to a skilled hacker like Akari, no secret is safe forever. The dark web holds the keys to true power, advancement, and her only chance of survival.

Samuel Greyson wants to be a Ghost Type specialist, but living on the small Dewford Island makes that difficult — his mother doesn't want him to leave on his Pokémon Journey, and there are no Ghost Types nearby to catch. His ticket out comes from a discovery made while preparing for an impromptu challenge. Armed with impossible knowledge, Sam sets out to head into the world and take his dreams into his own hands. Set in the Pokémon anime and game world with a more grounded approach, the story follows a classic journey across Johto and Kanto just before Ash Ketchum's own start. No growth is immediately handed to Sam — any development he must work for.

Against all odds, a defiant street rat takes on a ruthless empire. Pax, a cunning orphan without a class, navigates life in a city constantly threatened by monstrous beast waves. He's dedicated to keeping his crew safe and fed, especially after his family vanished without a trace. When his best friend is captured, Pax risks it all on the eve of the Awakening. Caught and thrust into the Astan Empire's war machine, he must adapt to survive the perils of an elite mage academy. While struggling to harness the forbidden magic surging within him, he must avoid the attention of corrupt leaders determined to snuff out any hint of rebellion. With ancient secrets and long-lost spells at stake, can Pax triumph against his foes and secure a future for himself and his crew?

A tale of reincarnation with an unexpected twist. The protagonist is reborn not as a human, but as a dragon. Stripped of everything familiar from his former life, he finds himself in a world unlike anything he has ever known. To survive, he must adapt, evolve, and carve out a place for himself in this strange new realm.

A man with fragmented memories of being a computer programmer wakes up in a strange fantasy world as something that might be a god. Three beautiful priestesses have traveled from afar to worship him. He is not sure whether this is an ultra-realistic VR game or reality — but either way, his flock is counting on him.

Gao Fushuai had given up on cultivation before being chosen as a disciple by Xiao Sheng, the legendary "Living Blade." His master must soon ascend to the heavens, and Fushuai is determined to be worthy of that legacy before he does. When the Living Blade ascends, Fushuai will be left to find his own Path. The more power he gains, the more clearly he sees that the will of heaven is twisted by death, suffering, and dishonor — corrupted to its roots. To heal the world, he will shatter the heavens.

A loving father of three, Albert lived a life of few regrets — he served his country far from home, outlived his soulmate, and died alone. His assumptions about a peaceful eternity reunited with his wife are thrown out the window when a meddling god intervenes. The positive: he'll have a chance to see her again. The negative: he has to survive the dangers of the legendary World Tree for the next three hundred years, reincarnated into a world full of magical evolutions, monstrous deer, sassy elves, and untold hidden dangers. If life taught Albert anything, it's that if something is worth having, it's worth fighting for.