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All the Skills

Honour Rae

S+94/100
The most Arthur could hope for was to someday earn a trash-tier spell card. When fate grants him a Master of Skills card instead, he is thrust into a world of opportunity and danger. To survive and grow strong, Arthur must learn skills — all the skills. An epic progression fantasy with strong GameLit elements, featuring a unique card-based magic system.
pf8.0· 1Goodreads4.48· 10.7K
Competent MCGameLitHard MagicMonster TamingSecondary WorldSkill Collection+1

Body Refinement in a Beast Tamer's World

Seth Ring

S+93/100
Magnus always dreamed of being a rockstar — until he fell from his balcony on his birthday. He wakes up in Borella, a world where mages and their mysterious pets rule everything, and finds he has become the Tower Master of the Crimson Flame Mage Tower. The previous occupant shattered his own soul trying to bind a powerful, elusive creature, and Magnus now faces expulsion from the tower in less than a month — which would be a bigger problem if he could actually do magic. The force that sent him here didn't leave him empty-handed: it granted him The Genius Body Refinement System, with the potential to make him the strongest body refinement cultivator in the world. The catch is that to advance, he must build a reputation as a powerful mage first.
Goodreads4.67· 1.1K
Base BuildingCultivationGameLitIsekaiMonster TamingTransmigration+1

Pokemon Trainer Vicky

Seras

S87/100
Victoria Ferrous is a reincarnated girl making her way through the Pokemon world. Her adventure includes dealing with her teacher's Tauros and duty-bound Growlithe who refuse to let her sleep in. A slice-of-life journey through a Pokemon world that feels more grounded and real than the familiar anime — not a dark story, but an honest exploration of what living in such a world might actually be like.
Royal Road4.76· 2.4K
CozyIsekaiMonster TamingNon-human MCReincarnation

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· 2K
GameLitLitRPGMonster TamingReincarnationStatsWeak to Strong

The Natural

Lightningwarrior

S86/100
Leo's first order of business when he is dropped unceremoniously into the Pokémon world is to survive. Seeing as he is in the middle of the wild with only a small pocketknife, some papers, and a backpack — and with no signs of civilization in sight — that is setting up to be quite the task.
Royal Road4.70· 837Goodreads3.61· 12.7K
IsekaiMonster TamingOverpowered MCSecondary WorldWeak to StrongWuxia

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

Periapt

lost_rambler

A81/100
"Return to Periapt" was an internet rumor — a creepypasta about a cursed computer game hidden on an old CD-ROM that could appear in the strangest places. The game followed explorers on a wild continent of magic beasts, wagon trains, and deadly trails. Those who played long enough said it felt real. They said that if you played long enough, it actually became real. Hollis Hood knew it was no rumor. He knew why people called it cursed, and he knew about the oath that let you leave your world behind — because he had played the game as a kid, and when it offered him an escape, he said no. A choice that haunted him for fifteen years. This time, he arrived prepared: trained, planned, shaped by fifteen years of purpose. But the starting town was abandoned, plagued by a fog that consumes all caught in its wake. The adventure hadn't waited for him.
Royal Road4.84· 241
CraftingGrimdarkHard MagicIsekaiLitRPGMonster Taming+2

盾の勇者の成り上がり [Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari] (Novel)

Aneko Yusagi

A80/100
Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic otaku, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe as one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons, tasked with saving the world from prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero — the weakest of the four — he is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world.
Goodreads4.22· 4.6K
Anti-heroGameLitIsekaiMonster TamingSecondary WorldStats+1

Tamer: King of Dinosaurs

Michael-Scott Earle

A79/100
Victor Shelby's life is going nowhere—dead-end job at an animal shelter, struggling to pay rent—when he is abducted by aliens and deposited on a prehistoric world filled with hungry dinosaurs and beautiful alien women. He doesn't know why he's there, but his natural empathy for animals has grown into a full ability to tame and control dinosaurs. Victor must use his taming powers to find food, water, and shelter for the women he's sworn to protect. Failure means death in the jaws of Earth's most dangerous predators.
Goodreads4.28· 3.5K
Base BuildingGoreHaremIsekaiMonster Taming

Kairos

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

A78/100
It has been centuries since mortals unlocked the secrets of the Fate System and overthrew Mount Olympus. The old gods are dead, and their thrones are empty. Kairos, a young pirate with the ability to speak with animals, has one ambition: to ascend as the newest deity of a flooded world. But divine power is not given — it is taken. Now Kairos must sail the endless sea, tame fearsome monsters, and conquer new lands. The challenges are many, but he will face them all. For Kairos is a cunning [Rogue] indeed.
Royal Road4.67· 1.6KGoodreads4.33· 545
Anti-heroBase BuildingGenius MCLitRPGMonster TamingOverpowered MC+1

Summoner's Shadow

DB King

A76/100
Summoners are born, not made — and Bran of Ealdor was not born one. None of the six summoner classes are open to him. Until the day a griffin crash-lands into his stable with a summoner on its back, and everything changes. Thrust into a world of magical creatures and their masters, Bran quickly discovers how unique he truly is. But being special puts a target on his back — and some of the world's most powerful summoners will do anything to learn his secret.
Goodreads4.45· 1K
LitRPGMonster TamingSchoolSecondary WorldSkill CollectionWeak to Strong

The Type Specialist

Incarnated Whisp

B74/100
Alex wakes up in the world of Pokémon and decides to become a Trainer — but not just any Trainer. Rather than spreading effort across every type, he resolves to become an expert in one. The story follows Alex as he travels the world, builds a focused team, takes on the Gym Challenge, and deals with complications along the way.
Royal Road4.60· 1.5K
Competent MCGenius MCIsekaiMonster TamingUrban Fantasy

Slime Sweets and Dungeon Treats

Pandora Pierce

B71/100
After waking up in a dungeon, Hazel wasn't about to grab a sword and start fighting. Instead, she picked up a sandwich — and that choice glitched the system, giving her a brand-new class: Culinary Mage. Now Hazel is baking her way through the dungeon, making friends with slimes, and cooking up a storm instead of grinding monsters. XP from cooking, a quest to escape by reaching floor 100, and a cafe full of adorable slimes who evolve by eating good food — it's not a conventional approach, but it might just work. As Hazel's cafe grows and her dishes become legendary, she starts to wonder if defeating the boss is really the key to her freedom — or if there's more to this dungeon than meets the eye.
Royal Road4.71· 387Goodreads4.49· 61
CozyDungeon CrawlingGameLitIsekaiLitRPGMonster Taming+1

Underdog

Alexey Osadchuk

B71/100
Eric was born in a world governed by the Great System, completely nulled — level zero, no characteristics points, kept alive only by tiny base reserves of life and energy. When his parents die in a mining accident on his fourteenth birthday, the bank takes their house and Eric is left with no choice but to work off the remaining debt in the Dungeons of the Crooked Mountains. Despite being treated as a freak and outcast his entire life, Eric discovers that his affliction — the very thing that makes the System's normal paths unavailable to him — may be a hidden advantage. The story of a nulled boy's struggle to survive, and to rise.
Goodreads4.27· 2.2K
Dungeon CrawlingLitRPGMonster TamingSecondary WorldSkill CollectionStats+1

Spire Dweller

Stephabeni

B71/100
In a world where cultivators wield qi to warp reality and a vast wilderness teems with deadly spirit beasts, mortals find even the first floor of the World Spire punishing. When Samantha unexpectedly receives a quest to become a cultivator from the mysterious System, she seizes the opportunity. But she soon discovers that in the fearsome landscape of cultivators, a single misstep could have dire consequences — for herself and for her spirit bond, a Lunar Hare named Silas. With her loved ones' safety on the line and her options narrowing, Samantha must either master the cultivators' dangerous games or brave the deadly upper floors of the tower, from which no one has ever been heard from again. She always knew that joining the ranks of cultivators would be grueling — but she never guessed that leaving her mortality behind would be the easy part.
Royal Road4.57· 1.4K
CultivationGameLitLitRPGMonster TamingSecondary WorldTower Climbing+1

WORLDSEED

Philetus

B70/100
After a first life on Earth that fell short in almost every way, the protagonist awakens as a child in a new world — determined to make the most of his second chance. Equipped with several unique skills and hard-won insight into how this world operates, he sets out to unravel its mysteries, push his limits, and rise above them. A medium-stakes story of gradual progression, magical discovery, exploration, and monster taming as a reincarnated boy makes his way in a world full of secrets.
Royal Road4.31· 1.6K
CozyIsekaiLitRPGMonster TamingReincarnationSecondary World+2

Qi=MC^2)

Krazekode

B70/100
Lu Jie woke up in a world filled with scheming sects, arrogant young masters, and the mad chase for the immortal heavens. He wanted none of it, and soon finds himself beaten bloody in a spar he didn't remember and treated as less than worthless. But his plan to escape the sect is interrupted by an old Alchemist's pills that heal him within moments. These medicines ignite the flame of curiosity to learn true magic in him, rekindling his love of discovery. Lu Jie sets out to study the immutable truths hidden within the world, and soon finds an all-new path of cultivation that could take him to the very top. Time to make some drugs... err... "alchemy pills."
Goodreads4.25· 2.1K
AlchemyCultivationMonster TamingWeak to Strong

Ascension of the Primalist

NB.Dravenlord

B70/100
Seth was just a commoner from the outskirts, someone who could only dream of the Wielders' world — a realm of Ranks, attributes, and spells forever beyond his reach. Until the day he awakened as a Primalist. To escape a life of misery, Seth enrolls in one of the nation's elite academies, only to find himself stepping into a society rotting with injustice. Equality of chances is a lie; power is inherited, not earned. Fortunately, his new class feeds on danger rather than privilege: the riskier the hunt, the greater the gain. To rise, Seth must abandon caution and seek fights where survival is never guaranteed — and become the strongest predator the wild has ever seen.
Royal Road4.63· 1.1K
Dungeon CrawlingGameLitLitRPGMonster TamingOverpowered MCSchool+2

Roverpowered

Drew Hayes

B69/100
Wanda is an aspiring alchemist without training, resources, or a home to return to. Her one-eyed hound Wumble is no ordinary dog — contained within him is a power many factions are actively hunting, a seed of unfathomable potential waiting to sprout. The two bond as wizard and familiar and set out to forge their own path in a dangerous world, where even furthering an alchemy education swiftly becomes a harrowing ordeal. Anyone who trifles with Wumble's wizard is in for a ruff time.
Goodreads4.40· 1.6K
AlchemyCozyMonster TamingSecondary WorldSoft MagicWholesome

Apocalypse Tamer

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

B69/100
Dungeons have torn open across Earth, summoning invaders from alternate realities, waking ancient gods, and empowering humans with levels and classes. The System has issued one directive: whoever reaches level 100 first becomes Earth's new Overgod. A battle royale of worldwide proportions begins — but Basil Bohen doesn't give a crap about the apocalypse. He would rather live in the woods with his monster pets. Unfortunately, people just won't leave him alone.
Royal Road4.52· 1.2KGoodreads4.24· 1.8K
Class SystemComedyLitRPGMonster TamingPost-apocalypticSystem Apocalypse+1