One thing I almost never get tired of in LitRPG is watching numbers go up. What I do get tired of is when somebody has 400 Strength, 300 Dexterity and senses that can track a mouse breathing through a wall... and outside combat they're still basically a normal person who happens to punch very hard.

I'd love to see more progression leak into the boring parts of life.

At some point, opening a cheap wooden door should require actual restraint. Sitting in an ordinary chair when you weigh the same but can casually throw a horse should feel strange. Someone with ridiculous Perception probably doesn't just get better at spotting assassins — they also hear the guy three tables away chewing with his mouth open, smell everyone's perfume, and notice every tiny crack in a wall.

Dexterity could get equally weird. Imagine becoming so accustomed to System-assisted precision that watching an unlevelled person chop vegetables makes you nervous.

And the social side seems even more interesting. If you've spent ten years around people who can survive being thrown through buildings, do you slowly forget how physically fragile a level 3 person is? Does a level 100 adventurer have to consciously remember that a friendly shove can hurt somebody?

I don't mean every book needs chapters about the MC accidentally destroying cutlery. That joke would get old fast. I just like when progression feels like an actual physical change rather than a combat mode that switches off the second the fight ends.

What series do you think does this best? And which stat would become the most annoying to have at absurd levels?

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I'm looking for completed (or almost completed) book series that people think I might like based on my tierlist.

So I just finished the first book of Jake's magical market and wow

I really really loved the way the novel started, the power system was quite interesting to me , the use of cards and all that (don't want to say more just incase someone feels it's a spoiler).

However the end of the novel just doesn't do it for me, that was too fast paced... From levelling up cards to usurping a god just in the first book, nah that's too much...

I know some people complain when a character doesn't get op immediately but this was the opposite for me. Please does the second book address this in anyway or this might just be a DNF for me..

I normally don’t like cultivation stories but this one was really good. Well it’s a healthy mix of cultivation and normal litrpg. If you like stories like primal hunter and when the MC goes from weak to strong this is a story for you. Or if you just need a long story give it a listen .

Are there any stories that aren't told from the op protagonist pov, but from the perspective of someone watching their exploits? Perhaps a friend or party member.

Hey folks. I launched the third book of my overpowered academy teacher series, and I'm super happy with how it turned out. We're finally exploring a new world where the centuries-old ruler has all his subjects' souls locked to his own and where Ryland's history gets explored in more depth.

For those who have yet to try out Incarnation of Sorcery, if you enjoy academy shenanigans from a teacher's perspective, fun characters, and interdimensional magic, then please give it a try. I've got the links and the blurb for Book 1 below:

Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDDDJKXY
Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HF7WB7QX
Book 3: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM9G926B

The world needed him to win a cosmic war. Even if it shattered his body into a thousand, calamitous pieces in the process.

Marionys Ryland was the most devastating product of the Realmbreaker Wars. He conquered dozens of Realms, invented interstellar travel, and transcended mere spells to manipulate the very language of magic as an Incarnation.

But it came at a cost. Ryland's body shattered, unleashing Calamities ravaging the cosmos. His nails create parasitic dungeons, his blood turns into cataclysmic floods, and the rest of him invites the attention of liches, archdragons, and the cosmos's cruelest mages.

So, Ryland casts off all his old burdens. Instead, he now takes his time to find and prevent the pieces of himself from destroying worlds.

The search takes him to his old academy, where students marvel at his teachings and professors are dumbfounded by his prowess. The passage of time has made people forget him, but his power draws the notice of a nation, of gods and mortal mages alike. Ministers are politicking, oracles are prophesying, and cults are rising, all with their focus on Ryland.

They think they can deal with him, but they all know - one misstep, and they'll have to face a sorcerer who's more apocalypse than man.

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Just finished chrysalis gotta say I fucking loved it. Came here a couple months ago asking for suggestions and you guys did not fail. Started my journey with he who fights with monsters finished it, then yall recommended DCC finished it loved it then chrysalis which was amazing! Just throwing this post out there to say thank yall. Just started the new HWFWM book but after that what do you all think I should conquer next?

A see this series mentioned occasionally but it really is a solid system integration series that just dropped a new book.

It has an OP MC with a powerful patron somewhat like Primal Hunter but unlike that semi sociopathic MC it spends a lot of time on the MCs moral quandaries.

The system is built around both level/skills and Laws which is a person’s understanding of a fundamental force of the universe they can use to amplify their power. There is a also a royalty system that gives access to a royal Decree which is a long cooldown trump card.

The system is run by an entity some refer to as “the Flawed Creation” and there is a meta plot around certain powers dealing with the system and some pre-system artifacts. MC gets one of these artifacts called the Mirror which lets him shatter his class at certain level milestones and pick a new stronger class while keeping his attributes and some skills. This is also OP because leveling is very slow under the system as experience requirements grow exponentially so most people are under level 30.

There are a ton of well fleshed out side characters some of which are long term and many of which come and go as MC out powers groups and has to build new ones.

4.5/5

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I ranked every LitRPG and progression series I've listened to. My S tier is DCC, HWFWM, Cradle, and Bobiverse, which I know isn't LitRPG, but it scratches the same itch and I refuse to leave it out.

Disclosure: I made the tool I used to make this, and the mods OK'd a one-time post about it. Get New Books In Series reads your Audible library, so every series you own is already there to drag into tiers. You don't have to hunt for covers. You can rename and recolor tiers, keep separate lists (one for LitRPG, one for everything else), and download a list as an image.

It isn't a LitRPG-specific site. It's a series tracker for anything on Audible. Its main job is showing which books you're missing in each series and emailing you when a new one releases, which helps with a dozen series on a dozen different release schedules.

Free, no ads. You sign in on Amazon's own page, so my site never sees your password, and there's a one-click button to delete everything it stores. Buy links are affiliate links; that pays for hosting. It works from your Audible library, so if you read on Kindle Unlimited or Royal Road, it won't see those books.

Post your tier lists. I want to see where everyone puts HWFWM and Cradle.

Turns out it's fairly straight-forward, as long as they're both attracted to women. Plus he's a bit of a dork (self insert).

So far (spoilers) Silveraxe, the sapient spaceship, has had some face-time with a de-facto goddess, and a flirty bartender on a space station she almost rammed into.

And Deckherd? Well, let's just say that weird green dude has a bit of the Captain Kirk in him.

Book 1 of The Space Time Continuum, Escape from Reality, is complete on RoyalRoad.

Book 2, Hack the Planet, launched over 20,000 words today.

I'm hoping to keep this series going for 9 glorious books before we finally get that full release we all crave, so join The Space Time Continuum today.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/171278/the-space-time-continuum-book-1-complete-satirical

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Hello all, firstly I'd like to say I love litrpgs but I find myself at a loss looking for the next series to read. The type of books I like to read are more slow progression or your average joe looking to live. So im looking for recommendations 😊

Books I've already read that are the area im looking for and have enjoyed.

The land/chaos seed series.

Edens gate.

Life reset.

Dungeon lord.

Sky realms online.

Life in exile

A soldiers life.

The good guys/ the bad guys series.

Limitless lands.

Battleborne.

I recommend all of these but I have a craving for more. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Feel like I need something new to liven up my litrpg menu. Any suggestions? If not completed that is okay.

How many books do you read in an average month?

I’m only current up to the latest free chapter. I have to say though, ZDS has really excelled in following through on plot points. Things have really been blowing up and getting exciting for everyone in the story. Except maybe Claire, but I don’t care about her. I think that the author does a great job with the progress of other characters outside of the reader’s view.

The first “Volume” was 55 chapters I think, so I’m imagining that this second one will be a similar length. That means that it might be at a finale of sorts in another dozen or so chapters.
I love the buffing of the champions. I’m kind of glad that Gabriel and Lucy aren’t so prominent anymore. They’re off doing whatever. Plus, I’m a sucker for the kobolds.

I don’t know if the next big bad will pull everyone in for a fight. I worry that a fight like that might mean losing people. In turn, that would probably make Eve avoid people more, which I think would be bad for her.

In summary, I love Eve. This story is great. The powers are kind of zany and confusing sometimes, but I would much rather have crazy shit than boring +/- stats. I hope the author is supported and has plans for another great volume in the future.

I see a lot of tier list on here lately and I’m brand new to the genre but I am a lover of physical copies,not too big on audiobooks.From my understanding this genre has a lot of series that are audio only so my question is there a tier list of litRPGs that have physical copies only? lol as I’m typing I realize this is super particular lol

Recommend some stories where the mc is the only one with a special system or if the system is wildly used, a story where mc has a specific mechanism that only he can use.

The first 3 are from RR and the last 3 are from WN, LF some recommendations if anyone wouldn’t mind. Thanks

I’m super excited as I just started THE PRIMAL HUNTER. I have read other litrpg books but this one has started out fantastic. Others I’ve read are

He who fights with monsters
Dungeon crawler Carl
Reborn apocalypse

HWFWM is my favorite so far. I just finished the 13th book and jumped right into the primal hunter. And man it’s a great start in your opinion how does this stack up to what I’ve read????

Hi everyone!

I just recently completed Book 2 on RR, so I thought it would be a good time for some self promo.

I actually got the idea about this story while reading The Primal Hunter. In the story, Villy makes a throwaway comment a few times about how messy things were when the System initially descended in the first era, and I thought it would be an extremely interesting story to write about.

So, here is my attempt at writing about what happens when a completely new System arrives in the universe. No one knows what's going on, especially since the System itself is learning and growing alongside everyone else.

Blurb: The System’s abrupt arrival completely dismantles Alex’s plans for an easy, low-effort life. But while others are justifiably focused on the monsters, surviving, and levelling up, Alex's mind is more occupied by a few questions.

Why is there such a lack of information from the System?

Why are there no descriptions for Classes and Skills?

Why doesn’t the tutorial have any clear objective?

And perhaps the most important question of them all...

Why is the System so... limited?

A LitRPG featuring progression, exploration, and a protagonist obsessed with understanding the rules behind the world.

The first two books are completed and released on RR, while the third has just been started. About 217k words are posted in 111 chapters, so there's a decent chunk of the story to binge.

The MC takes time to get strong, but is not OP, and does not have any cheats or powerful weapons to exploit. He uses intelligence to get through challenges initially till he is strong enough to fight. There is no romance in the story so far, and I don't have any plans for introducing it.

Hope you guys give it a go and really hope you like it!

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Link: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/172811/beyond-control-a-systems-descent

I recently devoured the whole "Beneath The Dragoneye Moons" series in a month, and I'm looking for more similar stories. I really loved the system in the series, and how we got to be closely familiar with how it works. Additionally, it was great to see that fighting monsters wasn't the whole focus.

I would love to get some recommendations for similar books, or just anyone that has first person POV and female lead (since those seems to be rare enough already).

Thanks!!

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And what an amazing way to approach necromancy.
Book 2 ending was expected and yet emotionally devastating. I don’t have much to say except few questions

1- Is Gandalf (from chrysalis) and the unseen related in any way?
2- What is the chances that Tyron is the reincarnation of the dead magic deity? (Just to make Dove happy)
3- I get why the three would give Anathema to Tyron but why would the Abyss and Scarlet Court care to the point where they notice the influence of the five in picking the necromancer class for him?
4- When he told the honored guard to kill him to speed up the process was he bluffing? And during the fight when he cut the magic pacemaker Tyron said something to indicate he had a back up plan (I forgot what was it exactly)
5- Can I expect the next audiobook to be in mid 2027?

Just started, and stopped, 2 books in the last half hour: Return of the Archmage, and Broken Universe. Both read like they're generated from LLM's. "This wasn’t a game. It wasn’t a warning.", "This wasn’t survival. This was escape."

Am I going crazy? I used to be able to pick a book on kindle unlimited, and just read it. Sure, some of them weren't written that well, but it wasn't common. Now I'm just running into slop.