LitRPG

VIDEO BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Book cover for a video titled 'What the Heck is Lit RPG?' featuring a man wearing medieval armor, a young woman in dark clothing with a hood, a spaceship, and fantasy elements like floating orbs and castle-like structures in the background.

LitRPG

Dungeon Crawler Carl (the first to my knowledge that has hit the full-on mainstream)

He Who Fights with Monsters (by far one of the most popular in the genre and it’s clear why)

The Primal Hunter

Warformed: Stormweaver

Battle Mage Farmer

The Hedge Wizard

System Apocolypse

Space Seasons

Cultivation

A Thousand Li (this was my introduction to cultivation. Good book, cool author)

Cradle (it is not a LitRPG, but I can see why it gets lumped in with them often times)

Beware of Chicken

The First Law of Cultivation

IsEkai

Heretical Fishing (part Isekai, part Lit RPG - yes it’s about fishing, and it’s awesome)

I’m Not the Hero

Dungeon Life

GameLit

Ready Player One (gets lumped in with LitRPG often)