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Mother of Learning

nobody103

S+99/100
Zorian is a teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, attending his third year at Cyoria's magical academy. Driven and irritable, he resents his family for favoring his brothers and has no patience for distractions or other people's problems. On the eve of Cyoria's annual summer festival, he is killed and brought back to the beginning of the month, suddenly trapped in a time loop with no clear end or exit. To survive, Zorian must unravel the mystery before him — because the loop was not made for his sake, and dangers lurk everywhere. Repetition is the mother of learning, but Zorian must first make sure he survives to try again.
pf9.0· 1Royal Road4.83· 17KGoodreads4.49· 14.5K
Genius MCMysterySchoolSecondary WorldTime LoopWeak to Strong

Mark of the Fool

J.M. Clarke (U Juggernaut)

S+93/100
After his parents died, Alex Roth had one plan: become a wizard. Through hard work he earned a place at Generasi, the world's greatest university of wizardry. Then fate intervened—on his eighteenth birthday he is Marked as one of his kingdom's five Heroes, chosen to fight the Ravener. His brand is "The Fool," the worst of the marks. Rather than die or serve the other Heroes, Alex takes his little sister, his childhood friend, and her cerberus, and flees for the university. There he hopes to find refuge, study magic, and unravel the truth about his land's great evil. The only complication: the Mark prevents him from learning and casting spells—unless he can learn to exploit the hell out of it.
pf7.0· 1Royal Road4.60· 4.9KGoodreads4.45· 10.8K
AlchemyComedyGameLitGenius MCMysteryOverpowered MC+3

The Game at Carousel: A Horror Movie LitRPG

lost_rambler

S+92/100
Could you survive a horror movie? That's the question Riley must answer after he and his friends are lured to Carousel, a malevolent town where horror movies come to life. Assigned the Film Buff archetype — a minor support class with a penchant for dying early — Riley seems doomed from the start. But upon obtaining the Oblivious Bystander trope, he discovers that monsters and killers won't harm him as long as he can convincingly pretend he hasn't noticed them. What looks like a joke ability might, with clever exploitation, become his greatest strength.
Royal Road4.81· 3.3K
GameLitGenius MCHorrorLitRPGMysteryOverpowered MC+1

Are You Even Human

Thundamoo

S+91/100
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?
Royal Road4.76· 1.7KGoodreads4.59· 259
Genius MCGrimdarkLGBTQ+MilitaryNon-human MCOverpowered MC+4

Sublight Drive (Star Wars)

mirrth

S+91/100
It is twenty-two years before the Battle of Yavin, and the galaxy is at war. Born on an unremarkable planet in the Inner Rim, Rain never gave much thought to his future — peaceful living didn't seem hard to find in a vast galaxy. Two decades later, armies are marshaled and warships fill the stars. Armed with foreknowledge of nine movies, Rain is forced onto the losing side of a galactic conflict, navigating a sprawling, multi-perspective war story far removed from a simple self-insert adventure.
Royal Road4.80· 3K
Anti-heroGenius MCMilitaryReincarnationSci-fi

Bookbound Bunny

Lunadea

S+90/100
Arakil, once a god of magic, found himself at odds with other deities and was imprisoned within his own grimoire. He had to wait until the perfect person came along — and that person turned out to be Lily, a bunny-girl orphan whose frail body ruined her chances of becoming an adventurer. But Lily has a talent for penmanship and a thirst for knowledge: the perfect foundation for a mage apprentice. Seeing an opportunity to train an eager pupil and work toward his own freedom, Arakil teams up with Lily to foster her magical abilities.
Royal Road4.75· 1.5KGoodreads4.55· 429
CozyGenius MCNon-human MCOverpowered MCSchoolSecondary World+2

The Last Orellen

sieley

S89/100
According to prophecy, the ninth-born child of Lord Orellen will have the kind of power that changes the world. In a land ruled by magical families, no one welcomes that possibility. Fearful even of their allies, the Orellens devise an extraordinary and deadly scheme: if the most powerful people in the world wish to kill the ninth-born, they will have to find them first. Using dark magic, the Orellens create hundreds of heirs — each given new bodies, new names, and new magical talents — and scatter them across the continent. Only one is the real ninth, but all of them will grow up as fugitives. Kalen, once fated to die, is now an Orellen heir in hiding. He is determined to survive, even if he must master his strange new powers to do it.
Royal Road4.78· 2.6KGoodreads4.37· 60
Genius MCMysteryReincarnationSecondary WorldWeak to Strong

Jackal Among Snakes

Nemorosus

S89/100
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.
Royal Road4.67· 4.1KGoodreads4.40· 1.2K
Base BuildingGameLitGenius MCGrimdarkIsekaiMilitary+1

Just Deserts: Revised Edition

Elbowsnapper

S88/100
Hisoka Higawara struggles to understand those around him, but he's learning quickly. One day, he makes friends with a girl named Nanami, and his life will never be the same. A My Hero Academia fan fiction featuring an original character with a sand manipulation quirk. Revised, restructured, and rebuilt from the ground up.
Royal Road4.79· 1.4K
Anti-heroGenius MCMysteryOverpowered MCSuperpowers

The Hundred Reigns

Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

S88/100
For twenty years, Balzam Magnos terrorized the world as its third Overlord — conquering kingdoms, slaughtering heroes, crushing rebels. None could stand up to him. But then he died, and Simon is now stuck with his Class. Owning the most powerful Class in the world has its downsides. The paladins want his head. His overpowered siblings want his throne. His empress stepmother wants both. And his predecessor's assassin is still out there. But the Overlord Class has a secret: its user can turn back time to their coronation up to a hundred times, reliving their reigns until death. Simon has a hundred reigns to grow strong enough to fulfill his dreams. Not one more, not one less. Better make each one count.
Royal Road4.77· 2.2K
Base BuildingClass SystemCraftingDungeon CrawlingGameLitGenius MC+4

Legend of the Arch Magus

Michael Sisa

S87/100
An Arch Magus dies, only to find himself in the body of a young man in a medieval Kingdom. He is the second son of a Duke, exiled to a desolated town by his own family. Shackled by the notorious reputation of his new shell, he tries his best to develop his domain, implementing new policies and innovations, leading his subjects to prosperity. In this world where magic is undeveloped, he shall once again pave a new path.
Goodreads4.37· 6.9K
Base BuildingCompetent MCGenius MCReincarnationSecondary WorldSoft Magic

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.
Royal Road4.74· 2.7KGoodreads4.38· 1.1K
Anti-heroGenius MCGrimdarkOverpowered MCSecondary WorldSkill Collection+3

Clara Casewell, Attorney to the Villainess

cocopi

S87/100
Clara Casewell is an ambitious associate at an international corporate law firm with a secret passion for villainess stories — the trashier the better. After edging out a promotion to Senior Counsel, a plane crash sends her waking up in a maid's uniform in a world of nobles and magic. Her mistress is the notorious villainess Iris von Rhenia, and the two of them are about to stand trial for poisoning the heroine — in a court that uses truth magic and allows no defense. Clara must learn the ins and outs of the unfair, convoluted, and often fantastical legal system of the Holy Kingdom of Arcadia before it's too late.
Royal Road4.85· 625
Base BuildingComedyCozyGenius MCIsekaiMystery+2

The Archmage Coefficient

onedayokay

S87/100
Magic was chaos. Now it's chemistry. Through Stoichiomancy, power is measured, quantified, and controlled. Ascension follows a strict ladder, each tier with a fixed number of sanctioned seats. There are no anomalies — until Arielle Blacksoil. Born to a bloodline without magic, Arielle should have been invisible to the system. Instead, an accident reveals the impossible: she's an unsanctioned archmage. If discovered, they'll strip her power or turn her into a weapon. To survive, Arielle enrolls in the Academy and pretends to climb the ranks while hiding magic that eclipses her professors. For the first time in her life she has rivals, teammates — maybe even friends. But hiding overwhelming power isn't easy, and soon she's embroiled in faction conflict, foiling villainous plots, and hunting a mysterious primordial that lurks in the dark.
Royal Road4.77· 2K
Base BuildingComedyCraftingGenius MCHard MagicLitRPG+3

The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon

ljamberfantasy

S87/100
Saphienne lived the idyllic life of an elf in the woodlands — eternal joy her birthright, the supremacy of elven magic her inheritance. But she was a profoundly gifted child, and gifted children see things others prefer to ignore. Once she witnessed the hidden suffering beneath the paradise, she could not look away. Her pursuit of a wizarding apprenticeship set her against both magical and moral challenges. Saphienne grew into a formidable woman — and when the flames subsided, the elves struck her name from history. A heartwarming and heartbreaking fantasy about rejection and belonging, power and consequence, and the cost of being oneself.
Royal Road4.78· 1.4K
Anti-heroCozyGenius MCLGBTQ+Non-human MCOverpowered MC+2

Syl

Lunadea

S87/100
Born a noble prodigy with a talent for Dimension Magic, the protagonist seemed destined for a life of adventure and accomplishment — until an early death cut it short. A mysterious benefactor offers them a choice for the next life: instead of a generic fresh start, why not join one of his experimental reincarnations? The experiment turns out to be a lot slimier than expected. Now reborn as a slime, the protagonist must navigate a world of adventurers and dungeons, relying on monster evolution, mutation, and an instinct for deception to carve out a new existence — and discover just how far this strange new form can go.
Royal Road4.71· 2.9K
Dungeon CrawlingGenius MCIsekaiLitRPGNon-human MCOverpowered MC+3

Split Second

idkmanseemssketchy

S87/100
When the System arrived to integrate Earth into the wider cosmos, Kira was in the middle of something. Now she faces an apocalypse she can't quite bring herself to mourn — life as she knew it wasn't something she wanted to continue. Conflicted about the right emotional response, Kira focuses on what she does know: the System mentioned mana, which means magic. Her affinity turns out to be Time, and time shenanigans, it seems, are just getting started.
Royal Road4.69· 768Goodreads4.00· 28K
Anti-heroGenius MCLGBTQ+LitRPGSci-fiSystem Apocalypse+2

The King's Avatar

Butterfly Blue

S87/100
In the online game Glory, Ye Xiu is regarded as a textbook example of a top-tier professional player. Forced out of the scene, he finds work managing an internet cafe. When Glory launches its tenth server, Ye Xiu — armed with ten years of experience and an incomplete self-made weapon — throws himself back into the game. Bringing memories of his past and a genius for play, his return to the summit begins.
Goodreads4.56· 583
Competent MCGenius MCRegressionVRMMO

A Practical Guide to Sorcery

AzaleaEllis

S86/100
In a world where magic is a science, Siobhan is a genius — but even geniuses need schooling. When she stumbles into the theft of a priceless magical book, she thinks her dreams of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer are destroyed. Then a mysterious spell changes her life forever. Siobhan now inhabits the body of a strange man and has a new identity: Sebastien. With a fresh start, she allies herself with a local gang that is secretly a revolutionary party funding itself through crime. She is bound by vow to repay them in magic and favors. As Sebastien's reputation grows and Siobhan's old enemies still lurk in the shadows, she realizes the secrets of this world run deeper and darker than she imagined. Forced to juggle a double life, she is determined to uncover the truth — and take control of the name they gave her: The Raven Queen.
Royal Road4.75· 2.2K
Anti-heroGenius MCHard MagicLGBTQ+Overpowered MCSchool+3

My Name Is Beautiful

hsum23

S86/100
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.
Royal Road4.80· 773
Anti-heroGenius MCReincarnationSchoolSuperpowersTragedy+1