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Mage Errant

John Bierce

S87/100
Hugh of Emblin is convinced he is the worst student the Academy at Skyhold has ever seen — he can barely cast spells, and those he does tend to fail explosively. When an unusual mage chooses him as an apprentice anyway, his life begins to change. Across the continent of Anastis, Hugh and his friends are pulled into ever-larger conflicts: deadly labyrinths, desert pirates, traitors on the Skyhold Council, the return of a city banished from the world five centuries ago, and a full-scale war that threatens to consume everything. At the center of it all is the Tongue Eater — an ancient weapon capable of devouring entire languages, whose rediscovery could mean madness and death for the entire continent.
pf8.5· 2Goodreads4.25· 13.3K
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingHard MagicMilitarySchoolSecondary World+1

Spells, Swords, & Stealth

Drew Hayes

S87/100
Goodreads4.24· 15K
LitRPGSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

S87/100
In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade has devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines — puzzles based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past, promising massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win — and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.
pf9.0· 1Goodreads4.12· 1.3M
Competent MCGameLitLoner MCVRMMO

We Hunt Monsters

Aaron Oster

S87/100
Keith has died twelve times. After making a deal with a mysterious immortal, he was sent to a new world in hopes of gaining a better life for his family — but the deal had no expiration date, no matter how many times he died. After his dozenth death, Keith renegotiates: he is sent to the world of Raiah, filled with monsters and a system of magic similar to the fantasy roleplaying games his brother used to enjoy. Completing a quest to hunt the most dangerous monsters on the planet is the price he must pay to reclaim his old life. All of his experiences from previous lives translate to Skills — which is fortunate, because if Keith fails this time, the price will be far steeper.
Goodreads4.49· 2.1K
GameLitLitRPGMonster TamingReincarnationStatsWeak to Strong

Downtown Druid

Seersucker

S87/100
Betrayed by his former gang and thrown into the Rendhold Underprison, Dantes has spent the last five years scraping by. A bastard of orcish, human, and elvish blood, he's lived on the periphery of the periphery, lying, cheating, and stealing to survive. After a run of bad luck, he's made a powerful enemy — but he's also gotten all the tools he needs to turn things around. A slow-burn progression fantasy focused on rising through the criminal underworld of a city-state using newfound druidic powers and quick wits. The MC's powers develop slowly but are applied creatively, and in the meantime he's not above braining someone with a club.
pf6.0· 1Royal Road4.74· 2.7KGoodreads4.37· 1.1K
Anti-heroGenius MCGrimdarkOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+3

Shadow Sun

Dave Willmarth

S87/100
When Earth is seized by an ancient alien race wielding incredibly advanced tech and transported to a new location with twin suns, gamer geek Allistor finds himself fighting to survive in real life. The human race is declared a contaminant, and the new overlords decree that 90% of humanity will be exterminated. Creatures out of myth and legend are sent to do the killing. After seeing his family killed in the first week, Allistor leads a small group of survivors in their struggle to stay alive. Not satisfied with simple survival, he strives to make himself and his people stronger. The new RPG system that now governs the planet is something he can work with — and teach others to exploit. Thrust into a leadership position with vengeance in his heart, Allistor aims to establish a stronghold and take the fight to the monsters who seek to enslave his people.
Goodreads4.46· 4.8K
Base BuildingCompetent MCLitRPGPost-apocalypticSci-fiStats+1

Battleborne

Dave Willmarth

S87/100
Max was a professional soldier — extremely good at his job, right up until it killed him. Given a choice between serving Odin in Valhalla, accepting death, or being reincarnated as a Battleborne on a random unknown world, Max chooses to gamble. Blessed by the Valkyries with an unusual bloodline, he is reborn in a world of magic and monsters — with his own new body being half monster. Thrust into the world with nothing but sharp teeth and claws, Max must use his soldier's skills to improvise and survive, struggling with the instincts of his monster bloodlines while learning to take advantage of them.
Goodreads4.47· 4.5K
Base BuildingDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSecondary World+1

Reborn: Apocalypse

L. M. Kerr

S87/100
Humanity fell. Warped to a new reality known as the 7 Layers, the human race was meant to fight its way through to Heaven — and failed. Every last person died. Micheal Care was just a middling swordsman in Humanity's Last Army. But thanks to a magical artifact he found by chance, his memories have been sent back into his past self. He's no chosen hero or divine champion — just a man who knows how badly things can go wrong, and is determined to change it.
Goodreads4.43· 5.5K
IsekaiLitRPGRegressionStatsWeak to Strong

Saving the school would have been easier as a cafeteria worker

CluelessRR

S87/100
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.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.77· 1.5K
ComedyCompetent MCCozyMysteryOverpowered MCReincarnation+3

Darkthorn Academy

Robyn Wideman

S87/100
When Jack Vance's grandfather is murdered, his dying words extract a promise: get Jack to attend Darkthorn Academy. Jack doesn't like it, but he'll honor the man who raised him. Surviving the Academy won't be easy. Jack must make alliances, harness magic, and face enemies both living and dead—all while looting dungeons to pay his school fees. If he's lucky, he might just make it to second year.
Goodreads4.48· 3.5K
Competent MCDungeon CrawlingGameLitSchoolSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

The Runic Artist

Ellake

S87/100
Nate is a kid from Sydney whose passion for graffiti art catapults him into a new world filled with danger and magic. Finding himself alone in a forest that is clearly not on Earth, he must learn to navigate this strange world and the System that governs it. Armed with nothing but his trusty penknife and a Legendary Class, Nate will conquer dungeons, discover runes, and be drawn into battles against enemies he didn't even know he had — all while making new friends along the way. Torn between returning to his old life and making a new home in a world full of magic, no matter what he chooses, he'll leave his mark.
pf5.0· 1Goodreads4.50· 1.5K
Crafting PowerDungeon CrawlingIsekaiLitRPGSkill Collection

Stray Cat Strut

RavensDagger

S87/100
In the year 2057, the world has become a corporate-run utopia for the super-rich and a hellhole for everyone else. Catherine 'Cat' Leblanc is an orphan about as far from super-rich as one can be. When the Incursion alarms start blaring and the sky starts raining hungry xenos, it's just another blemish on an already piss-poor afternoon. A cyberpunk magical-girl alien-invasion LitRPG.
Royal Road4.65· 4K
GameLitLGBTQ+LitRPGOverpowered MCPost-apocalypticSci-fi+2

Jake's Magical Market

J.R. Mathews

S87/100
Jake is working at the neighborhood market when the world ends — not through nuclear war or climate change, but through meddling gods from another world who shuffle Earth like a deck of cards. Monsters, dungeons, and magical items scatter across the globe, and everyone suddenly has access to a strange new card-based magic system. Jake finds himself alone in a completely new and dangerous world, hiding in his market with a bunch of curious elf-like strangers knocking on his door wanting to buy things. The gods may have stacked the deck against him, but Jake might have a few cards up his sleeve.
pf6.0· 1Goodreads4.34· 7.1K
GameLitLitRPGMerchantSoft MagicSystem ApocalypseUrban Fantasy

Chrysalis

RinoZ

S87/100
Anthony has been reborn into the remarkable, game-like world of Pangera. Something seems a little off, though. What's with these skills? Bite? Dig? Wait — he's been reborn as a WHAT?! Follow Anthony as he adjusts to his new life, struggles to survive, and grows in his new dungeon home.
Royal Road4.65· 6.7KGoodreads3.60· 2.1K
ComedyDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationWeak to Strong

The Hunter's Code

Oleg Sapphire, Yuri Vinokuroff

S87/100
A Hunter who honored the Code all his life was promised a new life after death — a new world and some well-deserved rest. Something went wrong. Once again, he must fight. The monsters that face him in this world are far more terrifying than those of his past life — cleverer, crueler, more unpredictable. And they are only the beginning.
Goodreads4.50· 1.5K
IsekaiLitRPGOlder MCReincarnationSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

Rise of the Living Forge

Actus

S87/100
Ever since Arwin was summoned as a child, all he has known is war. To claim the demon queen's life and end the conflict, he must sacrifice himself — but at the moment of the final blow, the Hero of Mankind is betrayed. Caught in a magical explosion thought to end him, Arwin awakens a month later to find everyone has already moved on. His [Hero] class has changed to a unique blacksmith class called [The Living Forge], empowered by consuming magical items. Some of his old passive Titles remain, giving him the power to forge a new future exactly as he chooses. Arwin isn't going to settle for anything less than completely surpassing the powers he wielded as the Hero. After all, you are what you eat — and Arwin's diet just became legendary.
Royal Road4.53· 2.8KGoodreads4.46· 2.7K
Class SystemCraftingCrafting PowerGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+5

My Name Is Beautiful

hsum23

S87/100
Meili Strauss enjoyed living in a modern first-world country in her past life. Unfortunately, she's been reborn in a world where pride, aggression, and violence are the three main ways to grow your superpowers. It's been four years since her transmigration, and the best she can do is hide her hatred of this society through an elaborate act. The world of unOrdinary values everything she doesn't have, and the all-powerful Bureau of Authorities — the governing body full of the world's most powerful superhumans — doesn't take cultural dissent kindly. Still, Meili has foreknowledge of this once-fictional universe and all its dangerously powerful characters from her days as an obsessive fan. The question is how long she can stay herself when the world would be so much easier if she didn't.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.80· 874
Anti-heroGenius MCReincarnationSchoolSuperpowersTragedy+1

Divine Apostasy

A.F. Kay

S87/100
On his Ascension Day, Ruwen dies for the first time. His revived body can now learn Spells and Abilities from the Class granted by the Goddess Uru, and death is no longer permanent. His high intelligence makes becoming a Mage seem inevitable — but nothing goes as planned. When a rival god tries to kill Ruwen shortly after his disastrous Ascension, survival becomes his only focus. His choices pull him into the middle of an ancient war, and he must push through the limitations of an unexpected Class to reach level five — the bare minimum needed to have a chance.
Goodreads4.45· 4.8K
AlchemyClass SystemCultivationLitRPGSecondary WorldStats+1

Systems of the Apocalypse

Macronomicon

S87/100
Jeb Trapper tried to kill himself. The gun jammed. Two months later, the veteran is participating in underground trials of ecstasy to treat his PTSD. Everything seemed to be going great—until the System was installed. Now he has to choose the difficulty of his tutorial. Just one problem: he's high as a kite, and nothing seems impossible.
Goodreads4.46· 4.6K
DrugsLitRPGOlder MCStatsSystem Apocalypse

Cultist of Cerebon

Fizzicks

S87/100
When Zareth first realized he had been reborn into a world that ran on video game mechanics, he was ecstatic — he'd expected danger and adventure. Instead, he spent much of his new life on the streets of Tal'Qamar before eventually becoming a Cultist to Cerebon, God of Flesh and Transformation. Being a Cultist to the God of Flesh turned out to be much less exciting than hoped, and Zareth spent most of his time helping rich women smooth their skin. Just when he had given up hope, everything changes when the city enters a period of sharp political turmoil — and Zareth is dragged right into it.
pf5.0· 1Royal Road4.74· 2.6K
Base BuildingClass SystemCozyIsekaiLitRPGReincarnation+3