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Shrubley, the Monster Adventurer

James T. Callum, K.H. Sohmer

B71/100
Born the weakest of all monsters and forbidden from joining the Adventurers Guild, Shrubley is treated as an outcast worth less than dirt. But with Curiosity essence bound to his spirit, he is intelligent, determined, and certain that monsters can be heroes too. Against all odds, he discovers a loophole—but with a deadly catch. To ever be accepted as a true adventurer, he must challenge an otherworldly realm threatening to consume everything, accompanied by a tiny slime, an undead skeleton mage, and a koblin.
Goodreads4.43· 791
Class SystemComedyLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldWeak to Strong+1

Draka

AvaritiaBona

B71/100
A single slip is all it takes. But the consequences of falling from a rock wall are usually broken bones — not waking up in the body of a dragon. When a young bouldering instructor finds herself transported to a strange new world inside a powerful, black-scaled frame, she'll have to rethink all the rules. Adopting the name Draka, the newly minted dragoness begins to explore the forests, mountains, and villages surrounding the city of Karakan. To not only survive but thrive, she must spread her wings, discover the joys of growing her hoard, and learn to handle the seductively draconic voice encouraging her to find violent means to any ends — while overcoming her intimidating shape to form alliances with the human adventurers she meets.
Goodreads4.45· 376
CozyIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Thieves' Dungeon

NoDragons

B71/100
When a Dungeon Core acquires a taste for beautiful jewels, it sets out to become a criminal kingpin, operating from the sewers beneath the city.
Royal Road4.52· 1.5KGoodreads3.62· 8
Dungeon CoreNon-human MCSecondary WorldVillain MC

KILL ALL KAIJU

HeroGuy

B71/100
Earth is lost. Driven to the brink of extinction by impossibly powerful Kaiju, humanity survives only in Subterranean Arks deep in the Earth's mantle. Raymond Ryker isn't a hero. He's simply the best surviving pilot humanity has ever known — and he fights not for glory, but to avenge the countless lives lost to the monsters. When a mad plan is concocted to send a human consciousness back in time to inhabit their younger self, Ryker volunteers. But the experiment goes wrong: instead of his teenage body, Ryker's mind is transplanted into a newly hatched Kaiju. Trapped in the body of a monster and unable to warn humanity of the coming cataclysm, he must forge his new form into the ultimate weapon. The mission hasn't changed. Kill all Kaiju.
Royal Road4.69· 526
MilitaryNon-human MCPost-apocalypticRegressionSci-fiWeak to Strong

Vampire and the Dayspring Star

Matoi

B71/100
A party of four set out to destroy the wicked Exaltare, ruler of the Vampires: the Stardust Champion Mizar, a virtuous priest, a retired knight, and a lady Wizard whose wisdom and knowledge proved invaluable. Yet just before they stormed the palace, misfortune befell them — and the Exaltare's lair would not permit two to face its master. Instead of the death he expected, what awaited the surviving hero was mercy, a new role, and a cruel twist of fate as his new life began — as the Exaltare's daughter.
Royal Road4.70· 408
Base BuildingGrimdarkLGBTQ+Non-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnation+3

Undersea Reincarnation

calcroissant

B71/100
Henry was a freshly graduated marine biologist about to make the discovery of a lifetime when he was struck by lightning. Thankfully, that wasn't the end for him — he woke up alive, healthy, and with tentacles. Follow Henry, a small Trickster Octopus trying to survive in a vast and unfamiliar ocean. He must navigate dangerous and mysterious waters, contend with magic-enhanced marine life, and find civilization — all while armed only with his wits, the ability to temporarily copy skills, and the tools of a bored and forgotten System.
Royal Road4.66· 1.1K
ComedyIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationSecondary World+2

The Amatherean Tales

Bosloe

B71/100
When forensic accountant SJ is crushed by a rogue tree on her way home from the pub, her death is as absurd as it is abrupt. But fate has a twisted sense of humor — instead of oblivion, SJ is reborn in Amathera, a vibrant fantasy landscape full of magic, monsters, and a game-like System whose fine print she never agreed to. Armed with a sassy AI companion named Dave and the questionable skills of a fae assassin, SJ is the one person operating completely free of the System's rules — drawing the attention of local gods, dragons, and everything in between. Finding her footing in a world where reputation matters will be no easy task.
Goodreads4.45· 352
ComedyIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCReincarnationWeak to Strong

A Beginner's Guide to Napping, Sunbathing, and Slaughtering Your Prey

TigerCannon

B71/100
Fang is a simple cat. He likes napping in the sun, having his belly scratched for precisely 17.329 seconds, and hunting defenseless wildlife. He does not like being called Chairman Meow, and he certainly does not like being punted between dimensions. Fang is having a Very Bad Day. Mysterious blue boxes have appeared out of thin air, and the world around him is stranger than any cat should have to endure. This is a slice-of-life story: Fang is a cat soul in a cat body, and that is not going to change. There is no epic tale here — only a cat doing cat things in an interesting setting, with light game elements mostly present for flavor. Nature is cruel, and cats are crueler than most.
Royal Road4.63· 1.2KGoodreads2.50· 2
Anti-heroComedyCozyGameLitIsekaiLitRPG+3

Level One Zombie

Matthew-McKay

B71/100
Frank isn't exactly a model citizen. He's also not here to save Earth — he just wants his favorite curse word back. Too bad the World Dungeon drops him in as a zombie with a level cap of 1 and a profanity filter that turns every F-bomb into "frank." Earth has been repossessed and rebranded by a megacorp called DungeonCore. The prize is ownership of the planet, and this season is Hardcore Mode: death means getting stuck in his Lair until the next expansion, losing everything. Humanity gets a head start, but deep-pocketed aliens are lining up to buy in. To make matters worse, hero classes went to the NPCs while actual players got saddled with monster classes. Frank spawns as a lowly zombie with only stubbornness, handyman's grit, and an accidental Universe First achievement that lets him build a class of his own. He's not a hero — he's not even technically alive. But he might be petty enough to move mountains for the sake of one four-letter word.
Royal Road4.71· 302
Anti-heroBase BuildingComedyDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingHorror+6

The Core's Origin

Neshi

B70/100
Dungeons are an integral part of so many stories and worlds — the foundation of an economy, a place for the weak to grow strong, or a threat to civilization itself. Nearly as common as the idea of a dungeon is the concept of a dungeon core. But where did dungeon cores first come from? Are they a natural occurrence? When did they first appear? This is the story of the first dungeon core.
Royal Road4.70· 346
Dungeon CoreNon-human MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic

Dungeon World

Jonathan Brooks

B70/100
In a world five times larger than Earth, dungeons and their Dungeon Cores have become the top of the food chain. Millions of dungeons utilize humanity as a source of Mana to facilitate their growth; in turn, humans delve into the dungeons to acquire Essence, allowing them to develop and enhance themselves. It is a symbiotic relationship that has lasted thousands of years. Far in the northern wilds, a young man is left alone when his parents are suddenly murdered. Now without friends, family, or supplies, Fredwynklemossering embarks on a journey to discover what killed his parents — and soon learns of his seemingly impossible status as a Dungeon Core/Human hybrid. With that knowledge comes a shift in his objective: the dangers the humans will face in the future dwarf any personal revenge.
Goodreads4.15· 2.5K
Base BuildingDungeon CoreLitRPGNon-human MCSecondary WorldStats

Dragon Days: Reincarnated as a Dragon

Red Guard

B70/100
Isaac is reincarnated into a new world — a young world untouched by gods or mortals. With no humans, elves, or gods yet in existence, he finds himself as the only intelligent being on the planet, navigating life as the first dragon. He must discover what it means to exist in a land shaped by raw magic, as days become weeks and weeks become years. Over time, he will witness the rise of mortals and gods in this newborn world and answer the questions only a dragon can: how old can a dragon become, and how long is a dragon nap?
Royal Road4.70· 330
Anti-heroComedyGameLitIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MC+3

VISCERAE

Silv3rtongue

B69/100
Ilia is a gamer who has spent years chasing escapism. She discovers a game talked about in online forums as the most immersive game ever, made for a cutting-edge VR console: MEAT — a perfectly strange world of living flesh, full of strange details and biohorrific sensibilities. At first it's exactly what was promised. But after she starts seeing things she shouldn't and experiencing the game's systems in far more detail than should be possible, she begins to wonder. When she starts looking for answers, she discovers just how deep the rabbit hole goes — and just how many others may be out there, touched by a place she cannot comprehend. What are the sides to this conflict she can't yet see? What will she become as she digs deeper into what is — and what might be?
Royal Road4.70· 323
HorrorLitRPGMysteryNon-human MCPost-apocalypticUrban Fantasy+1

The Truck Effect

Skylark (Dion Sky)

B69/100
To save a universe, a reincarnator must die. This keeps happening and has never made any sense. Lamutri is a Chapel assassin of the multiversal House of Fate, dispatched to deal with reincarnators in exchange for the promise of ascent — except his reality-altering Defects keep him strangled at the bottom. When straightforward missions start going horribly, exponentially wrong, the Chapel holds Lamutri to blame and offers a simple solution: murder the problem. But with the fates of universes in his hands, he realizes someone has been keeping very significant secrets for a very long time.
Royal Road4.71· 239
Anti-heroGenius MCIsekaiMysteryNon-human MCReincarnation+1

Hell Hound Evolution

Winter Knights

B69/100
She's a puppy. She's a girl. And she's going to evolve. Waking up one day in a litter of puppies, her human life a fading memory, she quickly falls into the flow of things — playing and hunting with her pack, taking naps, and leveling up. With five siblings who all have unique powers, a protective Dog Mom and three-headed Cerberus Dad, nothing seemed like it could go wrong. That is, until human hunters attack her family and kidnap her brothers and sisters. Now alone in a harsher world, she won't give up — she'll continue to level and evolve, and become powerful enough to take revenge and get her family back.
Royal Road4.67· 734
Anti-heroCozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitGrimdarkIsekai+9

Faceless Hunter

XKarnation

B69/100
Xen is a rare mind-eating slime who absorbs the memories of a fallen Hunter during a dungeon raid gone wrong — gaining not just human knowledge, but access to the class system designed to fight his kind. Granted a unique Shapeshifter class, he can take the form of any creature he consumes and learn their skills without limit. Using this edge, Xen plans to conquer the World Dungeon and infiltrate human society — the most dangerous enemy being the one that wears many faces.
Goodreads4.44· 386
Anti-heroDungeon CrawlingLitRPGNon-human MCSkill CollectionStats

Flesh Eater: Demon Evolution

grisaille

B69/100
Reincarnating as a demonic lump of flesh would probably be a nasty shock to most people, but Pyre has always been good at rolling with the punches. Sure, something is blocking her soul and most of her memories, and the world she was reincarnated into is barely surviving off the blood of dead titans — but she is not worried. She is just here to level, devour, and get stronger. All of that has got nothing to do with her. Until it does.
Royal Road4.67· 724
Anti-heroLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World+2

A Benevolent Evil Dragon

Nolifeneeded

B69/100
A powerless man, thrown about by a world he had no say in and unable to change his circumstances, is reborn as a newborn dragon with the potential to finally be truly free. Escaped from the grasp of higher powers and not keen to be another cog in the machine, he uses his cumulative knowledge and new talents to survive and carve his own path. Misfortune still follows him, however. Higher beings are keen on interfering with his existence, his own instincts and impulses as a dragon contradict his human mind, and old problems he thought he had left behind come back to haunt him. This is a story of exploring identity, the self, and the world — with a complex magic system and an unhinged, scientific approach to studying it.
Royal Road4.69· 376
Anti-heroIsekaiNon-human MCOverpowered MCReincarnationSecondary World+2

The Princess and the Human

Dakion

B69/100
On her way back from a diplomatic mission, a strange signal causes Princess Silgvani of the Vanaery to make a dangerous detour — a decision that will soon carry heavy consequences. The unknown alien she discovers turns out to be more than meets the eye. A character-focused story about a traumatized human girl among alien nobility.
Royal Road4.70· 283
Non-human MCSci-fiSlow Burn

Hive Minds Give Good Hugs

Thundamoo

B69/100
A modern young woman gets stranded on an alien planet and transformed into an amalgam of human and something more. With no way home and all the survival skills of an average upper-middle-class shut-in, she must learn how to help herself — figuratively and very, very literally. Evelyn, meet Evelyn. You're going to do great things together.
Royal Road4.55· 1.3KGoodreads4.37· 416
IsekaiLGBTQ+Non-human MCOverpowered MCSchoolSci-fi+1