I Read over 300 LitRPG books... here are my top picks

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  • @CtrlAltDUST
    @CtrlAltDUST 6 місяців тому +11

    It seems like our lives have been running in parallel. I took up the LitRPG genre when my second child was born and consumed them with a passion. I would REALLY recommend the Primal Hunter, The Completionist Chronicles, and System Universe. I concur that The Path of Ascension is a great series along with all the ones you mentioned. Out of all the mentions, He Who Fights With Monsters is my Top recommendation.

    • @michaels5217
      @michaels5217 3 місяці тому

      Hwfwm is in a class by itself.

    • @Dougiel13
      @Dougiel13 Місяць тому

      He who fights with monsters is goated.

  • @JasonOfWolves
    @JasonOfWolves 6 місяців тому +38

    No primal hunter though???

    • @philliprporter
      @philliprporter 3 місяці тому +4

      Primal hunter was great.

    • @sammigs34
      @sammigs34 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@philliprporter still great.

    • @mr.blizzy4101
      @mr.blizzy4101 3 місяці тому +1

      right!!!

    • @josephmangan1052
      @josephmangan1052 2 місяці тому +5

      Primal hunter is top 3 in my opinion

    • @batsofthemans7698
      @batsofthemans7698 2 місяці тому +2

      Fully agree feels like he just picked the top picks on Google. Tho dungeon crawler Carl should of been number one. But he's new with odd standards.

  • @xSNAKE2423x
    @xSNAKE2423x 6 місяців тому +8

    He who fights with monsters is epic I cant wait for the next book!
    Just started dungeon crawler carl so far it is funny and great listen!

    • @Mohakdoesstuff
      @Mohakdoesstuff 4 місяці тому

      it goes much further in royalroad( but its chapter by chapter)

    • @dennisboushele5349
      @dennisboushele5349 2 місяці тому

      If you like dungeon crawler carl, you will also like noobtown!

  • @dennisboushele5349
    @dennisboushele5349 2 місяці тому +4

    Im a huge fan of the noobtown series! I highly recommend it ! Great dialog between the characters.

  • @bladddeesa
    @bladddeesa 2 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for the recs- it's nice to find recommendations that go beyond just the listicle format and actually get into the details of the books and their strong points, also nice to hear from a fellow audiobook enjoyer lol. Will be checking out a couple of these- He Who Fights with Monsters, All the Skills, and Defiance of the Fall for sure.

  • @Brandonhart100
    @Brandonhart100 Місяць тому +3

    Enjoyed this - I love Primal Hunter - Also The Wandering Inn might be my favorite (have to stick with it though as the intro to the main character is a bit rough)

  • @timothyjohnson-s2h
    @timothyjohnson-s2h 3 місяці тому +1

    My first introduction to LitRLG was primal hunter and I have been hooked I binge read all nine books and am waiting to the 14th for book 10 to drop. Highly recommend it

  • @brianmisenar8956
    @brianmisenar8956 6 місяців тому +8

    Primal hunter, mark of the fool and all the skills are my top three, defiance of the fall is a contender

    • @comokazijeff
      @comokazijeff  6 місяців тому

      I've tried Primal Hunter and Mark of the Fool and they just haven't hit for me. Mark of the Fool just moves so slowly once he gets to the college.

    • @CtrlAltDUST
      @CtrlAltDUST 6 місяців тому +2

      @@comokazijeff Primal Hunter's world building and magic system really resonated with me, but the initial "Tutorial" is nearly a tutorial for the reader as well. It gets so much better as the tutorial progresses and really opens up after said tutorial.

    • @AwesomeXavy
      @AwesomeXavy 6 місяців тому +1

      @@comokazijeff In the last two books there are several moments with several week timeskips. It's probably important to lay the foundation of why he can do what he can do to explain the later stuff. Also.. the revelation at the very end of the last book is spicy AF.

    • @legendthorne2085
      @legendthorne2085 4 місяці тому +1

      I liked the first few All the Skills but as it got more clear it was more a young teen's book where the MC had the whole..Try to make Peace and no killing mentality. I got disgusted with it. I hate books where it tries to appeal to young teens so they don't 'kill' the bad guys or other humans. At most they beat them up to teach them a lessson. Then let the bad guys go back to killing and making other suffer because they wanted to be 'moral' and not kill. Can't stand that. The Instant the 'hero' starts to act like killing bad guys who will go on causing more harm, to be bad rather than the main character being the horrible person by not taking on that guilt of killing to protect others from the bad guys actions. Thats when I just toss the book away. You want to be the hero? Good then take the weight of killing on your shoulders so others don't have to. Don't be selfish and care more about your own morals and conscious and if you're a good person than the people who's lives you're trying to protect.
      The real hero is the one who will darken their soul to protect others so that the others won't have to and they will be safe.

  • @wondernate
    @wondernate 3 місяці тому

    Well made! I've been a fan of the genre for fifteen years. Solid list!

  • @benpurdy
    @benpurdy 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice list and welcome back! Wanted to give my 3 series that wernt listed above (Defiance of the Fall and dungeon crawler carl have got to be my favorites of the ones listed though).
    Im going to have to agree with @pymarathon that Mother of learning is one of my top favorites. Besides that "Book of the Dead" has been a pleasent surprise even though there are only 2 books in the series so far and lastly Wake of the Ravager.
    If you havent checked them out id recommend them, besides that welcome back and glad you found something you enjoy :-).

  • @Xgya2000
    @Xgya2000 6 місяців тому +2

    He Who Fights and Dungeon Crawler Carl are definitely somewhere at the top of my own list.
    I really liked Necrotic Apocalypse for the zombie humor parts and the feeding system it introduced, though it peters out.
    Another one I liked for the very memorable characters is the Ripple System. House is awkward and awesome (and gets a LOT more interesting once she gets a cat), and Frank is, well, Frank.

  • @kelmnar
    @kelmnar 8 днів тому

    I have read or have on my to read list all of these books. I did have one suggestion for you to add to your if you have not already read it. The Way of the Shaman by Vasily Mahanenko, this is for sure more on the GameLit, but the story and character building are wonderful and if you enjoyed Ascend Online, I really think you will like this one as well. And the narrator for the audiobook is pretty good to!.

  • @sirvazo1633
    @sirvazo1633 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for the recommendations! Have added them all to my Amazon wishlist and look forward to reading them

    • @AwesomeXavy
      @AwesomeXavy 6 місяців тому +1

      You will not regret All the Skills and Path of Ascension. DotF is still on my to read list, but heard a lot of good about it.

  • @gamingrambles
    @gamingrambles 2 місяці тому +1

    Dude, listen to the Primal Hunter. The fight scene in book five, gave me chills

  • @simply.skyler
    @simply.skyler 6 місяців тому

    Probably in my wheelhouse, I'm already reading a couple of these. I'll have to take a look at your other recommendations! Thanks Jeff!

  • @Dougiel13
    @Dougiel13 Місяць тому

    I like this guys views on this genre I agree with most everything he said with my favorite 2 in the genre being defiance of the fall and he who fights with monsters. Hwfwm being my favorite Jason Asano is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time.

  • @painfulltruth5551
    @painfulltruth5551 Місяць тому +4

    1. The wandering inn- 10/10.
    2. dungeon crawler carl - 10/10
    3. He who fights monsters 7/10

    • @Brandonhart100
      @Brandonhart100 Місяць тому +1

      Wandering Inn by far and away my favorite

    • @painfulltruth5551
      @painfulltruth5551 Місяць тому

      @Brandonhart100 Agree. DCC is amazing and hilarious. TWI is next level. The world building is so detailed and well thought out, I especially liked the part where they all read the history book about the antinium wars. The characters are all unique and interesting enough to carry their own spin-off. Its mind blowing how fast she can put out new work without sacrificing quality. Some of the books I read to my son have a preoder date of about 2 years, and they're 1/20 of the size. I don't know how she does it? I really hope we get another 10 books at least.

    • @Brandonhart100
      @Brandonhart100 Місяць тому +3

      @@painfulltruth5551 she’s been doing the web series for a while, I believe there’s quite a bit more online waiting to be narrated

  • @legendthorne2085
    @legendthorne2085 4 місяці тому

    A list of some good other ones, my own favorites. Most these i'd recommend in audible format as the voices are great. All the Dust that Falls. -Comedy LITRPG about a roomba isekai. Sounds stupid but super fun. Beneath the Dragon Eyes Moon -Super indepths Healer focused LITRPG MC A bit heavy in the morals but actually faces the downsides to not killing , Victor of Tucson and Falling with Folded Wings - Two series in the same universe with cross overs, great LITRPG series. Unbound - Big LITRPG title rates up there with defiance and he who fights monsters levels, Primal Hunter - Another big in depths title A post apoc litrpg, Underverse - Grimdark LITRPG, a bit explicit that one 18+, Thats just to name a few of the big big ones of LITRPG. In depths , world building, deep characters and plenty of plot and most have over 6 books in each series.
    My thoughts on these favorites....
    While Defiance of the Fall is pretty good, The rest for me were either too 'light' with very little detail or very little fleshed out characters or very campy with emotional issues. Like Carl, dude has way too big an obsession with his cat. Like when he's killing anyone who looks at his cat wrong and constantly going 'you will not break me' it just gets annoying. Same with He who fights with Monsters,Jason just gets more and more preachy and self hating longer it goes on. Constantly spending most the book going over his 'I'm too dark' stuff. Path and Iron prince are good but they are just average, Path tends to just skim rather than really go indepths. It's a fun light read but it moves as a super fast pace like...years go by in a single book in each of the later ones.

  • @Manean95
    @Manean95 6 місяців тому

    Didn't expect this, but it's a nice surprise

  • @sammigs34
    @sammigs34 3 місяці тому +1

    "Dungeon crawler carl" , "Infinite realm" and "the wondering inn" are my favorites.

  • @Swagandalf
    @Swagandalf 2 місяці тому

    The author of Path of Ascension has the series mapped out, we're around halfway through with a year or two left (although the published books are ~4 books behind the amount released on Royal Road)

  • @BarakIII
    @BarakIII 27 днів тому

    Just wondering what people think about the ongoing Salvos series.

  • @TheViper079
    @TheViper079 6 місяців тому

    thank you for giving this very hidden and unknown genre a shoutout litRPG has saved my mind from going into the blender more then once and more people need to get to know it.
    also warformed : stormweaver(iron prince) is my favorite by far the 2nd book is just as good as the first

  • @deepstatethrombosis
    @deepstatethrombosis 8 днів тому

    Dungeon Crawler Carl. They will not break me. They'll never break me. I WILL break THEM all.
    Dammit, Donut!!

  • @EMoney114
    @EMoney114 2 місяці тому

    Thank you, I was so lost on what a Lit RPG is!

  • @sonork
    @sonork 6 місяців тому

    I find RPGlit novels can be hit or miss depending on how many pages there are on stats and how easy things become for the MC after leveling up. My favorite series is a shorter 3 book set, Forever Fantasy Online: GamerLit Epic Portal Adventure. It's a 3 book series about players getting transported through a game to the fantasy world they were playing in as their characters, explores the players getting used to the new bodies of the characters, and how the game becomes far more real afterwards. Lots of references and nods to WoW, raiding and items and such. Loved it.
    Two other series I enjoyed are, The Divine Dungeon, which the MC is a dungeon core and learns to be a dungeon.
    Another one is more adult and it's, Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests, where the MC is actually a mimic that lvls up and becomes self aware, lots of humor, gore and some adult stuff, lotsa fun.

  • @dougsundseth6904
    @dougsundseth6904 3 місяці тому

    If you like Iron Prince and haven't read Drew Hayes's Super Powereds. Read Super Powereds. Iron Prince reminded me of it (and I loved it), but Super Powereds is better.
    Other stuff that is at or near the top of my LitRPG/Prog Fantasy lists (in addition to most* of your list):
    Archemi Online, James Osiris Baldwin
    The Ten Realms, Michael Chatfield
    Spells, Swords & Stealth, Drew Hayes
    Divine Apostasy, A.F. Kay
    Hedge Wizard, Alex Maher
    Skyrealms Online, Troy Osgood
    Arcane Ascension, Andrew Rowe
    I'm Not the Hero, Sourpatch Hero (book 2 is out next week)
    Bushido Online, Nikita Thorn
    Codename Freedom, Apollos Thorne
    The Good Guys, Eric Ugland
    The Bad Guys, Eric Ugland
    ETA: Also, the real original LitRPG series, Guardians of the Flame, Joel Rosenberg (RIP).
    * Everybody but me seems to like DCC. I bounced off the first book. Not my flavor of fiction. I'm probably a horrible person. 8-)

  • @thomaskeller4023
    @thomaskeller4023 6 місяців тому

    I've gone thru a lot of litrpg/gamelit audiobooks these last few years as well. I agree that He Who Fights With Monsters is an amazing audiobook.
    The series that got me in to the genre is Archemi Online. Still one of my favourites. Has some adult stuff it thats not for every one tho.
    Another favourite is The Hedge Wizard. That one goes more in the general fantasy story direction.
    I might try Path of Ascension next. Scrolled past it quite a few times already.

  • @kashada8714
    @kashada8714 3 місяці тому

    Defiance of the all really is amazing, the world building is next level.

  • @sldkgf
    @sldkgf 6 місяців тому

    I've only listened to a few in that genre. Two by Ryan Rimmel recently that I really enjoyed and there were One Bad Roll: A LitRPG Adventure: Fifth Era Apocalypse, Book 1 and The Tap Dancing Tarasque: A LitRPG Adventure: Fifth Era Apocalypse, Book 2. Johnathan McClain narrates them are was fantastic.

    • @tomleonard830
      @tomleonard830 2 місяці тому

      What about Rimmel's Noobtown series? And The Adventures of Sir Crabby?

  • @gaminginanities
    @gaminginanities 6 місяців тому +1

    where do i find these?

  • @jamesw2855
    @jamesw2855 6 місяців тому

    I’m listening to the audiobook of He who fights monsters and it is fantastic. I stopped on book 6 and need to pick it back up.

  • @maceanglin
    @maceanglin 6 місяців тому +1

    Dungeon Crawler Carl Dungeon Crawler Carl Dungeon Crawler Carl! Yyyaaayyy so amazing!

  • @CtrlAltDUST
    @CtrlAltDUST 6 місяців тому +1

    Just finished the video. Defiance of the Fall sounds a lot like The Primal Hunter's world building.

  • @philliprporter
    @philliprporter 3 місяці тому

    Jake's magical market was my first ltrpg. It was really good and fun.

  • @tomleonard830
    @tomleonard830 2 місяці тому

    Of the series that you didn't mention, I really enjoyed Ryan Rimmel's Noobtown and Sir Crabby series. As well as Drew Hayes' NPCs series.

    • @comokazijeff
      @comokazijeff  2 місяці тому +1

      I like Noobtown a lot. I think I read 5-6 of those. I got halfway through the first book of Sir Crabby before it came off Royal Road and onto Amazon. I just never went back to it, been on my TRL.

  • @kal-torakmtgarena8478
    @kal-torakmtgarena8478 6 місяців тому +1

    good to see ya back, not magic, but glad you are back.

  • @beefigz2651
    @beefigz2651 6 місяців тому

    Would love to hear some more of your favs… i read 2 of ur favs, one on my wishlist but would love to hear some more

  • @m3divh
    @m3divh 2 місяці тому +2

    Hmmm I quite enjoyed "the good guys" and "the bad guys."

  • @adioneschild900
    @adioneschild900 3 місяці тому

    Would recommend "Solo Leveling" , "Axe Druid" , "Rise to Omniscience " , and "Leveling up the World"

  • @DRRHatchFantasy
    @DRRHatchFantasy 2 місяці тому

    Does Gamelit have to be a vr experience? Or could it be any book that has game mechanics? I guess…what’s the difference between litrpg and gamelit?

  • @ozen4909
    @ozen4909 29 днів тому

    Is He who fights monsters a complete series?

  • @CaffeinatedBookwoorm
    @CaffeinatedBookwoorm 6 місяців тому

    The Throne of Glass series is like reminds me of this but with a female lead. I haven’t tried much of this genre. May need to try it! I’m more of a horror, weirdlit girl

  • @samhaskins127
    @samhaskins127 6 місяців тому

    Where did you get these books? Any place you recommend?

    • @comokazijeff
      @comokazijeff  6 місяців тому +1

      I use kindle unlimited, basically every litrpg book is free with that. Other than that, Royal Road has become my favorite website for books like these.

  • @cylescherger3602
    @cylescherger3602 2 місяці тому

    Defiance of the Fall is absolutely amazing!!! #1

  • @BenFisher-eg3jp
    @BenFisher-eg3jp 4 місяці тому +4

    Nice list. My top in this genre is Primal Hunter.

  • @AndrewKimbrell
    @AndrewKimbrell 6 місяців тому

    Is this like the old "choose your own adventure" books?

    • @comokazijeff
      @comokazijeff  6 місяців тому +1

      No, they are full-plot novels. They just have game-like elements written in, like leveling up and improving stats as part of the world building.

  • @richardsrichards2984
    @richardsrichards2984 2 місяці тому

    Finished Last Rock of the immortals series
    Damn good

  • @mr.blizzy4101
    @mr.blizzy4101 3 місяці тому

    I also recommend critical failures! Its a book that hasn't been very popular but it takes place where a bunch of highschool buddys make fun of a DM in a dnd type fantasy game an they are thrown into the world the dm created because they weren't taking the role playing seriously

  • @CtrlAltDUST
    @CtrlAltDUST 6 місяців тому

    Give that Fox some Ice Cream!

  • @tehm-tpc
    @tehm-tpc 6 місяців тому

    Ooh, no love for Mother of Learning or Ar'Kendrithyst?

    • @Manean95
      @Manean95 6 місяців тому

      Mother of learning is an amazing series, but i don't think it actually falls under the litrpg genre

    • @AshenDingo
      @AshenDingo 27 днів тому

      @@Manean95 Yeah, its a fantasy setting for sure, just not litrpg.

  • @michaelyates2052
    @michaelyates2052 3 місяці тому

    Pretty sure Patrick Warburton is featured in a later book in the DCC series 😂

  • @ryanmiller3981
    @ryanmiller3981 2 дні тому

    Where is The Land

  • @monysugardogs8959
    @monysugardogs8959 5 місяців тому +1

    Came here because I keep ending up dropping series from lack of focus on the main character. Multiple povs are just too annoying to deal with for me, and it's hard to find anything even touching the sides of The Primal Archer, Defiance of The Fall, and Terra Nova + the tower series by Seth Ring. Everything else seems to have problems where the plot either shifts entirely, growth slows, multiple povs are introduced in a way that makes the main character have less than .33% of the actual writing, or the character making choices that are just downright boring or clearly not what would make them the most powerful. I'll check some of these out, hope they do well!!

  • @Chronamasteroftime
    @Chronamasteroftime 2 місяці тому

    What no Cradle? Not litRPG but people always recommend it.

  • @johnnyfresh5798
    @johnnyfresh5798 Місяць тому

    my list...
    1. defiance of the Fall
    2. Primal Hunter
    3. All the Skills ( because the Brixeby)
    4. The good guys
    5. Dungeon Life
    6. The bad guys
    7. Tower Apocalypse
    8. System Universe
    9. divine dungeon
    10. He who fights with monsters

  • @mr.blizzy4101
    @mr.blizzy4101 3 місяці тому

    I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PRIMAL HUNTER! maybe you read it but its one of my personal favorites so far.

  • @brianmisenar8956
    @brianmisenar8956 6 місяців тому

    Jeff try mark of the fool

  • @olivercross6723
    @olivercross6723 4 місяці тому

    For me DotF fell off hard after the tower… I got through book 9 and put down the series. It got really dry and repetitive. It felt like book 7-9 should have been only 1 book.

    • @AshenDingo
      @AshenDingo 27 днів тому

      It fell off hard for me after- SPoilers-
      New stores begun springing up all over the planet. After the author explicitly pointed out the MC getting access to his own store would be a worthwhile investment, BECAUSE no one else would have access for a very long time, giving him something close toa monopoly. It was less thana couple of weeks before more stores showed up. Saddling the MC with a massive liability, which he got piss all use out of.

  • @jeremysette3657
    @jeremysette3657 6 місяців тому

    Malazan Book of the Fallen - best fantasy series of all time. Started off as a RPG created by Steven Erikson and his friend Ian C. Esslemont. Must read!!!

    • @Big_Sixer
      @Big_Sixer 6 місяців тому +1

      Malazan is great, I am on book 3 right now but man... nothing could be further from LITRPG in my mind. I read/listen to LITRPG as a break from books like Malazan. LITRPG and Progression fantasy (Cradle series is the GOAT) are always easier to follow and digest. At least, for me. That said, I recommend Malazan, but only for hardcore fantasy readers. LITRPG I recommend to everyone (read Cradle if you haven't!!).

  • @traebadmon
    @traebadmon 3 місяці тому

    God damnit donut

  • @batsofthemans7698
    @batsofthemans7698 2 місяці тому

    Mmmm to full time dad .... Ya gots to be your first kid I have Three. It's not a job it's a side hustle youngster. Make it sound like it was pushed on to you.

  • @dixonbuttz8923
    @dixonbuttz8923 Місяць тому

    LitRPG are brutally mid by definition I cannot even imagine reading 300 of them holy shit

  • @batsofthemans7698
    @batsofthemans7698 2 місяці тому

    I don't feel you read 300 books your picks are weak as water.

  • @ianma808
    @ianma808 Місяць тому +1

    weird criticisms of Dungeon Crawler Carl... it's not particularly gruesome at all lol.