Best LitRPG series for new readers · 2026
The best LitRPG series to start with.
If you're new to LitRPG — or looking for your next binge — here are the authors and series I recommend most. From Dungeon Crawler Carl and He Who Fights With Monsters to The Wandering Inn, these are the writers shaping the genre, alongside the wider fantasy books and games that inspired The Amatherean Tales. New to the genre? Start with the What is LitRPG? guide.
Top LitRPG authors & series
Aleron Kong
The Land, God's Eye, Alpha
Jez Cajiao
Arise, Underverse, The Age of Mankind +
Brian J. Nordon
Quest Academy
Michael Chatfield
Ten Realms, Emerilia, The Four Horseman +
Ryan Maxwell
Grand System Vending
TJ Lombardi
Golem Masters, The Dying Breed +
Matt Dinniman
Dungeon Crawler Carl, Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon +
pirateaba
The Wandering Inn, The Singer of Terandria +
Dawn Chapman
Space Seasons, The Secret King, Pautera Online +
Lars Machmüller
Theft of Decks, Dragon Core Chronicles +
David North
Guardian of Aster Fall, River of Fate +
SL Rowland
Pangea Online, Sentenced to Troll +
Shirtaloon
He Who Fights With Monsters
Jay Krauss
Will of the Immortals
Sourpatch Hero
I'm Not the Hero
Cornerstone Fantasy
The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan
Scale, prophecy, patience.
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
The wellspring of modern fantasy.
The Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson
System magic done right.
Games That Shaped Me
Baldur's Gate 3
Larian
Character, consequence, chaos.
The Witcher 3
CD Projekt Red
Every quest is a short story.
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Larian
Systems that reward invention.