The 15 Best LitRPG Book Series of All Time

Some of these began as free web serials read chapter by chapter; others reached bestseller lists and audiobook charts. Stat screens, classes and level-ups run through every one of them.

1. 1
   Noobtown

   Ryan Rimmel's comic series about Mordecai, a man reborn as a peasant who must defend a hapless starting village.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Dungeon Crawler Carl

   Matt Dinniman's series about Carl and Princess Donut the cat fighting through a deadly alien game-show dungeon.
   984pts
3. 3
   The Primal Hunter

   Zogarth's series about office worker Jake Thayne turning into a hunter after a system tutorial swallows the world.
   984pts
4. 4
   He Who Fights with Monsters

   Shirtaloon's (Travis Deverell) series about Jason Asano, an Earthman pulled into a world of stats, essences and adventuring teams.
   752pts
5. 5
   Chrysalis

   RinoZ's monster-evolution series about a man reborn as an ant in the Dungeon, growing a colony one evolution at a time.
   636pts
6. 6
   Defiance of the Fall

   TheFirstDefier's series about Zac, stranded alone on an island when the Multiverse integrates Earth into a cultivation system.
   636pts
7. 7
   Threadbare

   Andrew Seiple's series about a teddy bear golem who gains levels and classes in a world run on game rules.
   636pts
8. 8
   Azarinth Healer

   Rhaegar's series about Ilea, a healer who fights by punching monsters and healing through the damage.
   495pts
9. 9
   Ascend Online

   Luke Chmilenko's series about friends who log into a new VR world and help build a frontier town from scratch.
   495pts
10. 10
    The Wandering Inn

    pirateaba's sprawling web serial about Erin Solstice, an innkeeper in a world where people level up their classes.
    495pts
11. 11
    The Land (Chaos Seeds)

    Aleron Kong's series about Richter, transported into a fantasy world with game mechanics, credited with popularising the LitRPG label in English.
    495pts
12. 12
    New Era Online (Life Reset)

    Shemer Kuznits's series about a man whose mind is uploaded into a VR game as a lowly goblin shaman with a village to build.
    495pts
13. 13
    Awaken Online

    Travis Bagwell's VR-game series about bullied teen Jason, who becomes a dark necromancer in a new full-immersion MMO.
    0pts
14. 14
    Sword Art Online

    Reki Kawahara's light novel series about Kirito, trapped with thousands of players inside a VR MMO where dying in the game is final.
    0pts
15. 15
    Cradle

    Will Wight's progression series about Lindon, born without power in a world of sacred artists, often grouped with LitRPG for its explicit advancement stages.
    0pts

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