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You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what's worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. Join Coast Guard vet Carl and Princess Donut as they try to survive the end of the world — or just get to the next level — in a video game-like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon that is actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.

Erin Solstice, a young woman from our world, finds herself transported to a dangerous fantasy realm where humans are one species among many, magic is real, and people level up and gain classes. With no combat skills to speak of, she does the only thing she can: she runs an inn. What begins as a simple struggle to survive in Liscor grows into something vast — adventurers, Goblins, Antinium, Drakes, and travelers from across the world converge on the Wandering Inn, while empires rise and fall, dungeons stir, and Erin's choices ripple further than anyone expects.

When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy, and naked in a gutter, she immediately recognizes the city from the pages of a famously unfinished dark fantasy series she has been obsessively rereading for years. Armed with encyclopedic knowledge of the plot and characters — and the discovery that she cannot be killed, though many will try — she must navigate a world of rival warlords, deadly magic, and scheming princes. Instead of trying to get home, Maggie finds herself enmeshed in the schemes of dueling powers, all while trying to save the characters she is coming to love from the cataclysmic war she knows is coming.

A conversation with a handsome stranger leaves Ariane chained in a cellar with a strange affliction. She soon discovers that the darkness of the nineteenth-century Deep South hides many dangers: mages, wolf shifters, and the humans who hunt them all play a risky game — all under the amused gaze of the apex predators of the supernatural world, vampires. It takes much to survive in this merciless world, but Ariane will not be deterred. The southern belle has a bite, and she is willing to learn and grow in this hostile new world, using guile, charm, and those intriguing new instincts that make blood so delectable.

On paper, Jason has a great life. In reality, he has spent most of high school tormented by students and faculty alike, with parents who are never home. His one escape is video games — and a new full-immersion virtual reality game called Awaken Online promises even greater freedom. Once inside, Jason finds himself drawn toward the path of the villain, commanding the undead and building an empire in the darkness. But the deeper he goes, the more he suspects something strange is happening within the game itself.

With one touch of the stone, Tyron receives his Class and his life changes forever. In an instant his bright and promising future as the scion of two powerful Slayers is torn apart and he must make a decision: allow his Class to be purged from his soul, or cling to it, abandon all that he knows, and rise to power.

Reborn without memories, Scorio learns that he is a Great Soul — a legendary defender of the ancient city of Bastion. Within the halls of the Academy, he would enjoy privilege, rediscover unique powers, and one day return to the millennium-old battle against infernal foes. Until he is betrayed. Singled out and sentenced to die for crimes he can't remember, Scorio is hurled to his doom and forgotten. But from even the dimmest spark an inferno may one day rage — and Scorio vows to claw his way back, defeat his elite classmates, and uncover the truth of his forgotten past.

Tristan Abrascal is a thief scraping by under the perpetual twilight of Vesper's greatest city. Quick wit and a contract with a capricious goddess have kept him one step ahead — until a single misstep burns every bridge he has left. His only way out doubles as a chance to settle scores with the infanzones, the nobles he has lived under his whole life. Angharad Tredegar has fled halfway across the world after her family was butchered by a ruthless enemy. Assassins still follow, and the only protection she can find comes at a steep cost. Both paths converge on the Watch — and on the deadly trials of the isle known as the Dominion of Lost Things, where many go and few return. The second book, Good Treasons, follows the four survivors as they enroll at the infamous Scholomance, only to find that none are beyond the reach of their pasts.

In 2025, the moon hatched and its child died. Things have since gotten worse. Some people have superpowers now, but so do the extradimensional invaders slowly wiping humanity out. By Julietta's eighteenth birthday, the war has been loss after loss for longer than she's been alive — so she can't bring herself to be terribly shocked when the sky splits in half and weeps death. Surviving is the real surprise. Unexpectedly gaining the powers of a shapeshifter, she can change into any living thing she has touched, mixing and matching parts at will — except when she tries to return to her original form. Trapped behind enemy lines in someone else's skin, Julietta must adapt to new powers, new bodies, and new threats just to survive. But when she makes it out, will she still be Julietta?

When eldritch horrors called the Anathema began tearing through reality, aliens known as the Zenith stepped in to protect humanity by gifting chosen individuals with magic and advanced technology. Over twenty-one years later, the Magical Guardians are still hard at work — flashy, superhuman, and treated as idols of modern society. None of that matters much to Mai, whose biggest concerns are her family, classmates, and the creeping dread of her future. Magic and monsters may as well be daydreams — until she finds herself in the middle of an Anathema invasion. A dark magical-girl story with sci-fi elements and gradually introduced LitRPG mechanics.

Shortly after the formation of the Cicatrix Maledictum, a soul wakes in a new and unfamiliar body aboard a Grand Cruiser now owned by a Rogue Trader dynasty with a heavy Adeptus Mechanicus presence. The body carries a diverse suite of implants from the Dark Age of Technology. Cut off near the edge of known space, the SI and an eclectic crew must navigate the horrors of 40k space — mixing first-person perspective with third-person interludes from other characters. Gear acquisition, ship management, and the routine catastrophes of the 41st Millennium all feature prominently.

Growing up in poverty, Sunny never expected anything good from life. He did not anticipate being chosen by the Nightmare Spell and becoming one of the Awakened — an elite group gifted with supernatural powers. Transported into a ruined magical world, he faces terrible monsters and other Awakened in a deadly battle of survival. The divine power he received comes with a small but potentially fatal side effect.

Becoming a knockoff Dracula in tight leather pants was never part of Vincent's plans. Neither was being summoned to another world by a cult of vampire wannabes. But both happened. Now Vincent is left picking up the tattered pieces of his humanity as he tries to grow strong enough to keep his family safe. There is a world filled with nightmares and the looming threat of losing his soul standing between him and his goal. A good man is going to war.

Luna has always wanted to be an Earth Guardian — the superhuman magical protectors who keep monsters at bay. When an obviously evil woman offers her that dream, Luna refuses on the spot. Unfortunately, evil women don't take no for an answer. Luna wakes up in a robotic body, unable to speak, bound to serve the monster she tried to reject. Trapped between the Guardians she's forced to fight and the captor who controls her every move, she must find a way to signal for help — and hope someone notices before it's too late. And if she does get free, there's one more question: could she keep the robot body?

Milo lives in a steel cave within a man-made mountain of steel and concrete. He spends his days repairing the machinery that keeps his habitat livable and tinkering with the prosthetics that help his twisted body navigate the small tunnels and air shafts that are his world. He's as much a piece of discarded machinery as the equipment he keeps running. When the criminals he escaped from return, stealing everything from them seems like a fine way to stay busy — especially when the haul includes a new MK7 immersion pod used to enter the virtual world of Genesis. Milo has always lived in tunnels, and now he's a Tunnel Rat in looks, not just name. He wants to go deep, find ancient mysteries, make new friends, and fix things. Hopefully he fixes more than he breaks, or this new world might be in trouble.

The royal bastard of House Vasquer, Argrave, changed after his stay studying magic at the Tower of the Gray Owl. The sickly man's awkward posture and cruel behavior have been replaced with a neat dignity and acerbic wit. Most come away thinking he knows too many details about too much. Behind that confident appearance, the primary contributor for an open-world RPG's wiki is battling existential dread as he struggles to adapt to a grim, gothic fantasy world mirroring his favorite game. The prospect of fighting a world-ending calamity loses all appeal when it transitions from entertainment to reality — and Argrave is spurred toward unwanted heroism to keep this sinking ship afloat.

Set in early 18th-century Colonial America, this series follows Matthew Corbett — magistrate's clerk turned professional 'problem solver' — through murder investigations, serial killers, secret societies, and supernatural threats across the colonies and beyond. From the witch trial that begins his career in 1699 to his later pursuit of the shadowy criminal mastermind Professor Fell across the Atlantic, Matthew navigates a world where genuine evil hides behind the veneer of civilization.

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.

The world is in ruins. Extreme sub-zero temperatures suffocate the surface, making even simple survival an ordeal. The only escape from the deadly climate is underground — but that brings its own disasters: monstrous machines lurking in the depths, land that shifts like contraption more than rock, and only demigods powerful enough to travel deeper. When an expedition into the far uncharted north goes terribly wrong, Keith Winterscar and his father are trapped together in a desperate fight for survival. Stumbling upon an ancient war of titanic scale, the two must set aside their differences while they struggle against gods, legends, and the grand secrets of the realm that lies below.

Freddy Stern, a twenty-one-year-old cashier, has lived a plain, albeit harsh life. Having been orphaned twice, he's spent the last ten years working and staying out of trouble. His only aspiration is to save enough money to become an archhuman. His dream gets the jump on him when he barely survives a near-death encounter and finds himself with 1% Lifesteal — a bizarre talent with numerous contradictions and just as many uses. With every dead enemy, he becomes a bit stronger, a little wiser, and a lot more ruthless. And no matter how much damage he takes, he can always put himself back together. Physically, at least. But on his path to power, after having to look at the rotting guts of archhuman society again and again, can his talent keep his mind and soul as pristine as his body? Or will that part of him simply remain broken?