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Earth's First StarFighter

Han Yang

C55/100
A massive wormhole rips open above Earth and aliens arrive — not conquerors, but merchant traders called the Iglax, who offer advanced technology in exchange for cheap labor in the asteroid belt. The aliens test humans individually for miner rentals, and a skilled pilot can earn a spaceship and a contract. When one puddle-jumper pilot tests above and beyond all expectations, he is offered something better than a mining ship: Earth's First StarFighter.
Goodreads4.35· 575
Competent MCMilitaryOlder MCSci-fiSkill Collection

Viceroy's Pride

Cale Plamann

C55/100
Seek out new life and civilizations. Kill them for their mana. Daniel Thrush is the only known human capable of learning the magic that powers the various empires of the universe. Earth is in the crosshairs of the Tellask Empire — a race that discovered magic millennia before humanity mastered fire. All known alien civilizations abandoned technological progress once they found the arcane, spreading across the galaxy aboard great voidships. For all of Earth's military might, humanity's only hope is to incorporate alien magic into technology. That means finding monsters and harvesting their mana. Despite his better judgment, Daniel leaves Earth behind to bring back a future.
Goodreads4.31· 1.1K
Competent MCHard MagicMilitarySci-fi

Battle Through the Nine Realms

Dads Bedtime Stories

C55/100
Ragnarok is near, and the Vikings of Midgard have failed to uphold their duty to prevent it. With time running out, Odin himself searches all the worlds for one last warrior. His one good eye falls on Magnus — an Army Ranger whose death in the line of duty caught the All-Father's attention. Summoned before Odin, Magnus learns the grave news: every realm faces destruction. A bargain is struck — Magnus will be reborn in Midgard, empower himself through mystical runes, and battle Odin's foes in exchange for his fallen team receiving a second chance at life. Waking in a small farming village, Magnus must now train and fight both mundane enemies and creatures straight out of myth, across all Nine Realms.
Royal Road4.62· 585
Genius MCHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGMilitaryReincarnation+2

Mass Effect: Knight of the Old Republic

Azureblade

C54/100
Darth Revan, Dark Lady of the Sith Empire, is betrayed at the moment of inevitable victory. Forced to flee with an entire Republic fleet in pursuit, she risks everything on an experimental hyperdrive and an unknown course. In a galaxy far away, Commander Jane Shepard wakes up two years after a fatal ambush. While she hasn't travelled far, the galaxy around her is alien to her — and the Reapers are still coming. With only a humano-centric terrorist organization at her back, can she convince the galaxy of the impending threat before it's too late?
Royal Road4.62· 556
Genius MCMilitarySci-fiTransmigration

Rise of the Lord

Thunder Surfer

C54/100
Gerald, born a Viscount's son, spent most of his life since age six as an enemy Duke's "ward" — nothing short of a hostage. Until a shocking letter arrived requesting that he be sent back to inherit his father's territory and title. Now he must return and rule the ruin that is his family's lands. Bandits roam, enemies leer, conspiracies brew, and wars rage. Gerald must rise with his house from the ashes.
Royal Road4.57· 737Goodreads3.75· 4
Base BuildingGenius MCMilitarySecondary WorldWuxia

Legacy of a Dying World

Waldo Rodriguez

C54/100
When the PAC invaded, Gabriel Rivera's life changed forever. As an out-of-shape nerd, his priorities had been simple: evacuate the city, join the military, protect his family. Then the grim fate of his world is revealed, and Gabriel joins the Reclaimer Project — starting as a lowly F-ranker, weaker than even the worst recruits. Through blood and sweat, Gabriel pushes to grow stronger. Deadly traps, shadowy factions, and wild dormant powers all stand in his way. Battered, bruised, and beaten, he refuses to stay down — for only in the fires of the Crucible are legends forged.
Goodreads4.34· 531
LitRPGMilitaryPost-apocalypticSystem ApocalypseWeak to Strong

The Twelve Apocalypses: A Damned Soul's Path to the Abyss

AT Valentine

C53/100
Being drafted into a demon army wasn't on Hayden's bucket list. But when his soul is shoved into a human soldier on the eve of a new invasion, there's no appealing the decision. Around him, demons are excited and ready — for them, the invasion of Berlis, a classic sword-and-sorcery realm, promises a feast of souls and new growth. Hayden's human status puts him at the bottom of the totem pole, cannon fodder meant to die first. But as he plunges into the carnage, he discovers he was born for the madness.
Royal Road4.59· 692
Anti-heroGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiLitRPG+5

Godslayers

Trollmore

C53/100
In ancient times, the Eifni Organization reached heaven through violence and tore gods from their thrones. Now their methods are more precise: etheric technology measures love, creates beauty, and reincarnates the dead. By embedding specially trained operatives — godslayers — into a culture, they engineer the exact conditions needed to kill a god and save the souls it would otherwise devour. Lilith was a run-of-the-mill college atheist until a divine being took a bite out of her soul. Rescued by the Eifni Organization and trained as a godslayer, she is now deploying on her first real mission to a planet called Theria. Objective: reconnaissance on the local pantheon and clearing out as many gods as possible before the strike team arrives. There is just one problem — the Therians seem to know they are coming.
Royal Road4.62· 429
Anti-heroGenius MCMilitaryMysteryOverpowered MCReincarnation+1

Broken Path: The Song of Blood and Shadow

MaerBear

C53/100
Money and Qi are the keys to power in the Republic of Ardus. Ren has neither. He had a good life — until debt collectors tore him from his loved ones and threw him out onto the streets. Life in the dark alleys of Katarn is merciless to the weak, and Ren craves the power to change his fate. He has no teacher, no master — fated to rot away like the pile of refuse he calls home. Until an encounter with a dying immortal gives him a chance to change everything. But before he can step onto the path of immortality, his spirit is tainted by the venom of a Mythical Beast. Will the song in his soul and a lost cultivation technique be enough to survive this cruel world?
Royal Road4.61· 620
CultivationGenius MCGrimdarkMilitarySecondary WorldSkill Collection+2

The Warcrowned

LostInTranscription

C52/100
Marcus saw magic when he first opened his eyes, and nothing else ever compared. But the king is old and Marcus is an only child — hard decisions must be made, and no one expected anything of him beyond his skill with the arcane. They were right to underestimate him. Until the cube. Until it taught him what life meant for people not born into nobility, that all his arcane skill did not make him immortal, and that running from problems does not make them go away.
Royal Road4.61· 596
Base BuildingGenius MCHard MagicMilitarySecondary WorldSoft Magic

Aetherfall

Ravnicrasol

C52/100
Running on three days without sleep and sustained by coffee and looming bills, Liam stumbles face-to-face with a portal — and jumps through. The destination turns out to be Crystal Skylights, a universe of his own creation. Now Liam must confront that he is merely human in a world where gods walk the earth. His only edge is his knowledge of this universe — knowledge that makes him a prime target.
Royal Road4.63· 255
Genius MCIsekaiMilitarySecondary WorldSoft Magic

Accidental War Mage

Tom Writing Quietly

C52/100
In a militaristic empire where war mages are prized and steam knights celebrated, Mikolai reluctantly signed up to be a steam suit mechanic to avoid conscription into the regular infantry. Magical talent is rare, precious, and a pathway into the nobility — but Mikolai is a peasant from a small farming village with simple ambitions: stay alive and do the right thing. When an unfortunate accident leads to his assignment to a special task force commanded by the notorious war mage Ognyan Spitignov, surviving with a clean conscience becomes very difficult. The mission: stamp out resistance to imperial rule in newly-conquered territory. Mikolai will try everything in his power to make the best of a bad situation — and he has more power than he realizes. His journey will take him through the horrors of war and the grinding clash between empires.
Royal Road4.61· 547Goodreads4.33· 3
Competent MCGrimdarkMilitaryOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSoft Magic+1

[PLACEHOLDER ARCHIVE - RA]

Vitaly S Alexius

C52/100
[This is a placeholder archive backup of an old book, kept here only to fight copyright trolls in the future]
Royal Road4.61· 545
Anti-heroComedyHorrorMilitaryOverpowered MCPost-apocalyptic+2

Heavy Metal

Kuropon

C51/100
Struck down in battle, a Hero and a Demon King meet their end at the same moment. As their souls linger on the edge of the afterlife, a mysterious force intervenes — merging their fragmented souls into a new being: Rusty, a living suit of armor. Affected by the memories and presence of both predecessors, Rusty embarks on his own quest. Will he seek revenge for the Hero's betrayal, fulfill the fallen Demon King's desires, or forge an entirely new path?
Royal Road4.42· 756
Anti-heroBase BuildingCozyDungeon CoreDungeon CrawlingGameLit+11

The Legionnaire

DR PEAK

C50/100
Cassius Null joined the legions for food and silver — anything to escape the slums of Aurum. Now on the frontlines of a war no one was ready for, he must find the strength and courage to become more than just a soldier. In the madness of a world suddenly expanded, there is an opportunity to go beyond his soiled roots and become someone others look toward — if he has the will and skill to seize the chance.
Royal Road4.62· 276
Base BuildingGameLitGrimdarkHorrorLitRPGMilitary+3

Siege State

J W Walters

C50/100
Orcs — brutal, cunning, and prolific — once pushed humanity to the brink. Humankind retreated into massive fortified cities and eventually waged a war of extermination. After decades of bloody conflict, they won. Or so they thought. Now the ancient enemy has returned, and humanity, still reeling and still huddled in its cities, has been afraid to exert its dominion over the land again. Monsters and worse swarm the wilds. Idealists — humans who have manifested magic — struggle to turn back the tide. Tom strives desperately to become an Idealist and save his House from ruin, his city from destruction, and humankind from annihilation.
Royal Road4.57· 653
Class SystemGrimdarkLitRPGMilitarySecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage

MetaBettaOmegaLetta

C50/100
Death is just the beginning for Deacon Roy. When he is pulled from his eternal rest to go on an adventure, he does his best to hit the ground running. In a galaxy where the Force is the dominant power, how will a Battlemage fare?
Royal Road4.55· 668
Base BuildingIsekaiMilitarySci-fiSoft Magic

Star Runner

B. V. Larson

C50/100
Two centuries after humanity colonized the stars, the peaceful Conclave faces a new threat: alien invaders attacking fringe settlements while the core worlds dream on. Captain Bill Gorman has vanished — but a clone set aside for exactly this emergency awakens and begins piecing together what went wrong on the frontier, what happened to the original Gorman, and why the colonies are being picked off one by one.
Goodreads4.18· 1K
Competent MCMilitaryReincarnationSci-fi

Axe Druid

Christopher Johns

C50/100
Chris and his friends had been hearing voices begging for help, but dreams aren't supposed to come true. When they finally answer the call, they're pulled into a fantastic world with game-like mechanics — the world of Brindolla. There's one major problem: War, the big baddie of the universe, has come to collect another planet. The Brindollan Gods can only hold him back for a short while. Either Chris and his friends eliminate War's vanguard of minions and generals, giving the Gods a chance to keep him out for good — or War comes for Earth.
Goodreads4.27· 957
Class SystemGameLitIsekaiMilitarySecondary World

Son of Julius Caesar: Rebuilding Rome

Mincho Nyangi

C49/100
He wanted nothing more than an ordinary life — free from crushing debt and the endless corporate grind. Instead, he died. And when he opened his eyes, he was in ancient Rome, son of Gaius Julius Caesar. History is written in blood. If he does nothing, his new family will be swept away by the coming political firestorm. Power is survival in Rome, and he intends to survive — armed with modern knowledge, reshaping the Roman Republic through banking, insurance, industry, and new political strategies.
Royal Road4.61· 370
Base BuildingGenius MCMerchantMilitaryOlder MCOverpowered MC+1