Hey all! After years of writing, editing, and drinking face-sized coffees, the first book of Pathways of Karr is out. It’s a passion project combining progression, epic, and survival fantasy, and I’m excited to finally let it loose beyond the walls.

The story's set inside a barrier world—three towns linked by river, protected by high stone walls, and surrounded by shader-infested jungle. Every progression step is hard-earned through training, fighting, and trial-and-error. Book 2 is already written and deep in the editing trenches.

Themes:

• Slow-burn progression
• Survival fantasy with day-to-day / slice-of-life realism inside the walls
• Underdog facing overwhelming challenges
• Clear ability milestones (with many still to be discovered). No stat screens beyond population and tier rank

Blurb:

An idyllic life, but for the death that stalks them.

Countless generations have carved safety from a ruined world. Hemmed in. Hunted. Defending their walls against shader-infested jungle.

The young choose a profession, decide what part they will play. Farmers, smiths, scribes… the roles are many, all vital in eking out another generation—and all paling beside those dedicated to war. This is the path Jotelan seeks.

Life, though, is rarely straightforward for a people spitting distance from extinction. The enemy, viciously predictable for centuries, is learning… adapting… taking interest in him.

Few plans survive such attention. Jotelan must find a new way forward, become stronger. Forge his own path.

And soon. For there exist far greater threats in this world than overrun jungles.

Link (Amazon US): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTD36562

Available in other regions too, and on Kindle Unlimited.

I'm the author of Pathways of Karr. Happy to answer any questions!

Its as simple as the title states I've taken a liking to some academy style stories recently and wanted some recommendations. The pics are the ones I recently listened too and finished for now and im more keen to the quest academy style if anyone has listened too it and found similar one s

There's some amazing series in the sub that gets recommended over and over again. Cradle, DDC, Red Rising ect. I'd like to give some love to 2 series I almost never see in tier lists and hear very little about. I went into them not expecting much, but they blew me away with their quality!

The first one I want to recommend is Worth the Candle. I didn't read it for a while because the blurb didn't sound amazing, and the cover looked pretty boring to me. I had a couple of people recommend it, so I decided to give it a go, and wow just wow! I haven't finished it I'm listening to the audiobooks, so I'm only at book 5, but I've thoroughly enjoyed this series! The characters feel real and have real motivations, real consequences, and the magic system has rules and it follows those rules. I don't want to give away too much I think this is a series where it's better to go in blind and try to figure out what's going on, but I think it's amazing!

The next one is ironbound and I see this one recommend less often than Worth the Candle. This series is a Roman inspired system while also having tiers like Cradle with copper, silver, gold ect. I don't remember all the tiers cause it was a while ago when I finished the last book, but the series was one where it was really hard to put down, and I just wanted to keep reading! If you like progression fantasy with revenge, real character consequences, and a world with depth I highly recommend this series! Imo it takes some of the best parts of Rage of Dragons, Cradle, Will of the Many, The Way of Kings and combines them into an amazing piece of literature that surpasses 95% of the books I read.

Anyway that's just my little ramble thank you if you made it to the end. If you guys do decide to read any of these series I'd love to hear your thoughts

Big day for webnovels everywhere 😭.

Last week, Amazon rebranded Kindle Unlimited to Kindle+. At the same time, they offered eligible authors and publishers the chance to tie their audiobooks to their ebooks and make them available as part of the service. Titles that didn’t meet those requirements still have the option to produce AI-generated audio instead, but we’re not talking about that today. No, we’re here to discuss all the human-created audiobooks you can listen to right now without having to buy a single credit through Audible.

Below is a list I have produced (many thanks to Aethon for providing me the raw data that comprises the bulk of these titles) showing all the audiobooks I could find that authors and publishers enrolled in the program. It is by no means exhaustive, and I am sure there are many, many more that I’m not aware of. I would be happy to add them if people tell me about them.

You’re going to find a lot of series are missing their later books, mostly because those titles don’t have an audiobook yet. Aethon also has some seemingly random holes in many of their titles, but I trust they’ll be adding those as they can. Rhett said, and I quote, “this is very helpful,” so fingers crossed I’ll be making some updates soon. In the meantime, there are plenty of series fully available to occupy your time (such as mine. Wink wink, nudge nudge).

Timeless Wind

Portal

Mango Media

Independent Authors

Aethon

Hello, everybody, AbyssRaven here to present the seventh installment of “A Dragon Idol’s Reincarnation Tale”. We had some dungeon fun in the last book, but this time we’re back to pushing the plot. Specifically, we will be bringing Hestia onto the global stage, or at least as global as it can get in a medieval fantasy world. 

Let us wish our Dragon Princess a beautiful Debutante. And at the same time give them a taste of what the Dragon Idol can do with the publicity.

A Dragon Idol’s Reincarnation Tale Book 7: Debutante on Amazon

A Dragon Idol's Reincarnation Tale Book 7: Debutante on Audible

Aethon Books once again helped me with the publication and was the one responsible for the book’s cover. Like last time, the Audible version will come with the release of the story on Amazon. Ms. Erin Bateman is our narrator once again, so I do hope everybody will enjoy listening to the story.

Here’s the synopsis!

The time for the young Princess of Dragons to make her debut has come!

… Or, at least, to officially announce her status as an Idol of the Goddess of Light and Healing.

Having finally reached the capital of Artorias, Griffonpeak, Hestia was granted another audience with her patron goddess, only to learn that her enemies were a little closer than she had expected. The demonkin of Bole’Taria had infiltrated more than just the human countries; they had taken over her church.

A priestess whose own religion sought her death… just another perk of showbiz! With new allies and enemies approaching the limelight cast by her blessing, so will it cast a shadow large enough to devour the city. With the arrival of an entourage of the Imperial Inquisition of Folschreck, magic and dragon claws will not ensure her safety. Speech and the dramatic theatrics of the nobility shall!

From improving her levels in the dungeon of Cedaraille, to now becoming a noble worthy of her title as a Princess of the Dragon Empire of Kargryx, the Griffonpeak Arc will ensure Hestia and Aurora become more than a countryside tale. Her stardom will make countries remember her face!

COVER ARTIST: Aethon Books Artist

AI USAGE: No AI used

Quick tier list on what I read. (first pic is Brandon Sanderson as I read and loved most of his book, Spider pic - A Nerubian's Journey, Swan pic - Sky pride and last text-less pic - Common Sense Is Overpowered)

I've recently read and reread few books, that I really enjoyed, but would say that character writing is above average and a book I dropped, because MC barely interacted with others.

I'm bit tired of introspection and expositions, I want character actually interacting and having character development. And hey, maybe for once, a story with charismatic MC, too many introverted and brooding MC in this genre.

Welcome any recommendations, thanks in advance!

Im reading Trinity of magic and it seems that the first 23 chapters were rewritten. Im just making sure that im not missing any characters or expecting any experiences to be referenced or brought back up when they either were added in the re write or were left out of the re write. In Chapter 24 it mentions an apartment? And he seems to have forgotten magic concepts. Has he still been able to cast light ball and telepathy in the post re write version?

Heya all. I'm happy to announce that Book 1 of Magic Breaker is out today on Amazon and Audible! You can grab it as an ebook, paperback, or audiobook. Free to read on Kindle+, too! ^^

This one is a fairly classic LitRPG. Plenty of numbers-Going-Up, fighting against established systems. The MC focuses on taking apart the magic of others - both to counterspell it, but also to disassemble and learn from it. That way, they slowly grow their mastery over mana and invest all their stats in it hehehe.

They also adopt a lil shadow companion and some other aliens, since species inside the tower get a lil funky. You can see ant-friends on the cover, too!

With all that said, here's the blurb:

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The only thing Snow loves more than Magic… is taking it apart.

When the world starts to end at the hands of the Tower and its Eyes - the gods looking down from its peak - all humanity is granted inherent skills. Snow's [Suppression] can weaken anyone and anything.

Combined with their endless curiosity, they pick up a class to break the magic of others. Weakening and taking apart skills, Snow steals power by shattering spells. Pilfering healing magic from the Tower itself, the jealous Eyes soon set about hunting them down.

But it doesn’t matter whether anyone is stronger, faster or even a better mage than Snow. So long as they have mana, anyone can be dragged to their level. And with a near-limitless mana pool, Snow will crush them all.

After saving their four closest friends, Snow is ready to climb - all the way up. Those arrogant eyes need to be torn from their gilded thrones by someone, after all.

And Snow is ready to break them, too.

Follow Snow’s crazy adventure as they fight their way up the tower and through their foes with their almost-equally mad friends in this LitRPG Tower-Apocalypse!

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Cover Artist: Kindra Tia

Audiobook Narrator: Nicky Endres

Ai Usage: No AI used

This is a home-grown, farm-to-zon, one-author book that I fuelled by sitting in my chair and tippy-tappin' away at my keyboard. Please give Snow and their mildly insane friend group a chance if it sounds up your alley. They're fun critters.

You can of course find it on Amazon and Audible! Please enjoy.

Oops, I forgot I hadn’t actually posted! Gonna see if I can post it all (3 and 4) tonight. My country’s in an environmental health hazard situation the past couple of months and it threw all our routine out the window cause we had to stay depressed shut indoors in the heat, worry about racking up air purifier bills, and go outside and suffocate with masks and get zero sun and live with high stress over falling sick. Eff the haze man 🫠 The monsoon season is coming in though so the sky’s be crazy clear the past week. Hope it stays.

*Book 3 and Player Manager spoilers ahead! I like to note down any memorable story highlights that happen and any thoughts I had at that point with chapter stamps.

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Final/Overall Thoughts:

I’m someone who only knows soccer from soccer manga and I love the comradeship aspect of team sports so those bits are typically what I like about this story ✌️ The tactics and all that I will like only if I’m able to understand it, it is definitely easier to get with pictures in a manga 😆 So any match complaints I have are probably because I didn’t quite get it and was too lazy to google videos of what moves they are😅

So, the start until like C10 ish were a bit boring to read through because he’s at another MBU team and it feels a little uninspired. Also, Max is stressed about the money for his mom thing, so not much joy of just playing football. Things picked up more starting the Pro Course! That was fun to actually see a bit of what goes on in there. Then, the ending and what will happen in Book 4😭 The author normally always do amazing at endings, I must say.
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—C1—
Not gonna lie, the Max Best Universe and all the different leagues, Cups and whatnot that are applicable/more likely to happen with a specific club over another have lost me. Too many names lol. So I am Banksy 😂 But aww, there’s a budding romance with Banksy and the Women’s team! ☺️

—C3—
“I want to give minutes to my boys. Aff, Carl Carlile, Sam Topps. They were at Chester when I got here, when we trained in BoshCard's back garden and had cold showers at the stadium.”

“I don't know, right, but I know that they gave me everything, over and over again.”

“I'm ruthless when I have to be ruthless. Those three weren't going to come with us to League One, to the Championship, so I let them go.”

“Fast forward a couple of years and because of your goals, I have the chance to give them something really special. For one day and one day only, I'm the manager who can make dreams come true. I can be the guy who took them all the way from the dregs of tier 6 to the Champions League. It's magical. To me, anyway.”

I’m never gonna stop noting every instance of when Max is being nice to people because of what they meant to him ☺️

—C4—
Hmm, not a fan of the flowery writing by Henri. I can’t really feel the emotions through the obliquity of the words. It just sounds like he’s play-acting and I never can get the emotions from that, especially through writing. Can’t tell if he’s hurt or angry for real. And if he actually isn’t, the whole writing it down as if he was just feels pointless. Cut through the faff! Get to the root cause! Can you tell that I’m the type of person that detest pranks as a concept because it is completely and utterly pointless? 😅
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We get some momentum, but as we pour forward I realise it's a trap. I put my foot on the ball and push my palms towards the turf. Calm, guys. We have a long night ahead of us.

The PM smiles for the first time. He glances to his right, at Cheb, who smiles back and shrugs. What can you do?

You’re finally locked in and doing good, Henri!

—C5—
Speaking of Wreckham and Ryan Renolds, does the author know about the huge controversy about him, Blake Lively and them bullying Justin Baldoni, over his own movie? More evidence of rich powerful people doing horrible things just because they fully believe that the world exists to bow at their feet. But the average people all know and they’re hiding for now 🤔 Wonder if it will ever come up in the story.

—C10–
We have Dylan and the chat back yay! It’s been awhile.

Nooo, Youngster is 22 in the spreadsheets, he’s growing too fast 😩 That’s like 1 year off how old Max was in Book 1 like last month 😩

—C11—
The thing is, I thought to myself, there are loads of reasons why I don't want to play for Chester right now.

One was a general lack of spark.

Uhhh, what? Isn’t this the dream? Thought he loves he togetherness of it all. Sure, the buying the company stress is there but still. Gotta remind myself that Max is an unreliable narrator and there will be some moving reason for this. Maybe he’s burnt out. Plus the wedding, the Pro license, the cure. Would prefer it if it was mentioned as stress instead of just not feeling the spark though. Less mind gymnastics to get through 🫠
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By the same t*ken, if I stepped back from the front lines at Chester for a while, my players and staff might flourish.

Ooh, a more interesting reasoning. Now, I wanna see how they act without him.
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The Welsh FA ran the in-person elements of their UEFA Pro courses from the Celtic Manor (pronounced keltic), a five-star golf, spa, and wellness resort near Newport. I'd had a long, long drive to get there, but the bedroom was top notch and I had a great sleep.

I didn’t realise the course is going to take so long you have to stay over. I am strangely excited for it now 🤔
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UEFA Pro 27/28 Day One Review
Course Coordinator: David Jones

Yes! New outsider pov from the course!

—C12—
Yes!! 🙌 I am loving this course 😆 It’s got a lot of the bits I love about Max 😆 Meeting new people and Max isn’t combative against them so the vibe is collaborative and nerdy, the course itself is cool and I had always wanted the author to show what goes on in there so I feel like I’m learning something new, it adds more lore to the worldbuilding, we have scenes of Max teaching younger kids(!! Best parts that I wish the author would show and milk it more) where it’s Max at his best, lots of outsider pov ish scenes of Max doing stuff, ahhhh.
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“We might want our goalies and defenders to kick long in the rain."

Those words made me laugh. "Why do I feel like every football club between 1850 and 2010 came to the same conclusion?"

Uhh, didn’t Max do a whole miserable phase because of the swamp rain back in non-league in an early book?? He hated the rain so much while playing on potato fields and had to force everyone to play long balls in the rain. The one where he tried to kick penalties or something and fell flat on his face. It was even referenced not too long ago. Why is he acting like this is news?

—C13–
…the young tearaway stopped the ball. Just stopped it, stopped moving. Enjoyed the feeling as 74,000 Welshmen screamed, begging him to kick the ball into the empty net.

The kid rolled the ball into the net.

The kid jogged towards the nearest camera and made a heart shape with his fingers before he was simply covered in teammates.

GOAL
Roddy Jones 90+2

Oh dang! It’s Roddy, that was Roddy! 😆 That feels so great to see all of Max’s work pay off 😆
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“I am dying.”

“I want to die on Polish soil. I long to go home and I want you to drive me."

She spoke softly and said, "You owe me, Max Best."

Winners, losers, Scotland, Saudi. No-one chooses how to live; we're all just choosing how to die. Anna wanted to die at home and she had earned that much.

Nooo, omaigod, what the heck Anna, aw man 😔

—C14—
“She wants to go home and die at home and be buried with her parents in the church near her home. She won't get in a plane and she wants me to drive her there. She's old and frail and we'll have to stop ten times a day and it'll take ages…”

Anna, noo 😭😭😭
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Aww, I love how this chapter is just full of Max noticing all the little things the men’s team were noticing and then doing to help each other out on the field. Very team, much Chester.
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith-Smithe; Crewe; 5,000.

John Smith; Chester; 20,000.
Angel; Chester; 30,000.

Sir Ian Masters; London; 100,000.

Robert Pomfret; Sale; 100,000.

Emma Weaver; Chester; 200,000.

Dang, this legit brought unexpected tears to my eyes 😭 The numbers got so high. Ahh, my heart 😭

Brooke Star leaned forward and clinked her glass against my bottle. "We'll always have Wembley, Max."

Beth grabbed a bottle and came forward. "We'll always have Man City Under 16s."

Stop it with the feels agehfjgk (actually, never)

As said in the title, I just want some recommendations for finished series. Almost everything that I have found of which I want to read isn’t finished yet, and I personally really don’t like waiting after having read some of a series. More than fine with waiting for it to be done though.

I really love cradle (have read through 4 times now)
Mark of the fool (read through twice)
Dungeon crawler Carl (started it and realized it wasn’t finished but couldn’t stop lol)
Among other series like mage errrant or mother of learning.

Thanks in advance for the recommendations.

Book 1 of The Gift of Loot is out on Amazon on eBook, audio, and paperback formats.

Blurb:

He who has the most loot, wins.

System Integration has been announced on Earth and Thomas just wants to keep his skin intact, maybe carve out a life that's more interesting than the one he's had so far. Is it too much to hope for both?

When he steps inside a dungeon for the first time, he receives a magical Gift that reflects the shape of his soul: Now every monster kill drops mana crystals, weapons, and powerful gear. 

While others struggle to survive in a new world, Thomas begins to build something far more dangerous: An advantage.

(Basically it's a modern day LitRPG Apoc with a normal guy who gets a fun cheat Gift. While it's action/adventure oriented, it doesn't slip into grim-dark. Look at the colorful cover. We're here for a good, loot-filled time.)

The brass tacks (Not tax, as I've always thought):

• COVER ARTIST:
  • Ebook: Miblart
  • Paperback: FlynX (https://bookc0ver.carrd.co/) with typography by Kit (https://serifandspine.com/)
• AI USAGE: (Choose one below)
  • No AI used (None, zip, zilch, nada.)
  • Editor: Lynz

eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM6FSP51

Audio: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0HMTHZ7Y9

(Audio narrated by THE Johnathan McClain of Bog Standard Isekai and Noobtown fame. I listened to the book ahead of time and to absolutely no surprise he did an amazing job.)

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNV329J4

Any good stories where the mc and his class is summoned to another world? However it can’t be the annoying cliche of mc having a trash power that’s secretly op. Would be good if they’re all on good terms with each other and they actually work together.

Bonus points if mc gets stronger faster compared to the rest of them and is properly acknowledged.

What do people think about stories where Mc has a huge lifespan or picks a skill that gives him said huge lifespan but the story never actually uses it ?

It happens quite often that I’m thinking that there must be some huge demerit or something that makes using such lifespan that’s hard to write ? Because otherwise I don’t really get why not.

Edit: When I say the story never uses it I mean the story takes place over a couple of years whilst the MC lifespan is in the thousands.

Need these type of Protagonist to add in my list, i prefer not "system-based" or status (already have plenty of it on my list), but it is okay to tell me too.

Hey all! The first book of my second series is available as of today! For those of you that ask: yes, it has harem elements.

"Ew harem!" you say. I say that my posts here, despite 0 upvotes, get more views than my fantasy penname posts with hundred upvotes. Some of yall are liars.

Anyway! I hope you all enjoy this book! It's been a blast to write! I tried to make the story fun and keep the whimsy of BoC, which made me rekindle my love for reading -- I say inspired, but it differs by a lot. I wanted to capture that warm feeling combined with sick action, and so here we are!

Blurb:

I served that damn fatso king for twelve years. No more.

Whisked into a new world, I went through the whole isekai ordeal. Levels, equipment, dungeons, guilds. All that crap, for 12 years.

I was done. So when given the chance to run away to a whole new continent, I took it immediately. Which was easier said than done with the 100 floor dungeon right in my backyard, and bandits on the hunt. I would not give up on my lazy, laidback life though!

Sadly, my calm life couldn't last forever, as soon I'm housing Leanor--a pretty, mature elf with a tragic past, alongside Luna - a wolf-girl who wants to get stronger in my dungeon. The nearby village is going through trouble as it's unclear who the next Mayor will be, and the dungeon keeps getting weirder and weirder. Also, I found a strange egg at its entrance.

Perhaps my calm life would have to wait for a few moments longer.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNGTDG73

COVER ARTIST: Crow Fisher

AI USAGE: None!

Cole and Natalie have emerged from the Alukah’s tomb victorious but utterly transformed.

Marked by new powers and hunted by old enemies, the death-sworn knight and the cursed woman at his side have fled the vampire-ruled Blood Duchies in search of answers.

Their only hope lies in Vindabon, a great city-state beyond the borderlands. But sanctuary may prove just as dangerous as exile.

A string of ritual murders has left Vindabon on edge, and a gathering of werebeasts threatens to turn suspicion into bloodshed.

Worst of all, Countess Isabelle Gens Silva, the creator of the Homunculus Knight, has begun to make her move.

Book 2 in this dark fantasy series about a death-sworn knight and his cursed companion's battle against undead monsters.

What to expect: High Fantasy with strong horror elements but never hopeless or pointlessly grim. Both MCs develop unique power sets methodically through earned progression without a System or similar's support. Methodical and internally consistent world-building that takes a lot from real-world mythology and traditional fantasy.

What not to expect: Any LitRPG or Isekai elements. 

Published by Moonquill and for sale here.

Book 1 has fewer progression elements and is more a monster-hunting mystery establishing characters and the world.

I have also read ss lotm rtoc primal hunter orv I dont know what else to read at this point some of these I have dropped.

Hey looking for anything that is decent in length will take any recs !

We dont have our own sub reddit so I have to post here. Does anyone know when book 8 is coming out for 12 miles bellow on audible? Its been out on Royal Road since before the last audiobook was finished but I dont know how to read so Ive just been waiting the last 5 months with no news.

Which LitRPG subgenres are growing in popularity and which subgenres are becoming less popular? What are readers demanding more of? I’m about to start working on my first series and I am trying to pick between two ideas: one of them is Monster Progression and the other is Kingdom Builder. The Monster Progression one is more epic fantasy with some sci-fi opera elements and would have broader appeal. The Kingdom Builder one is much more niche but it’s a very fun concept.

Other subgenres I didn’t mention are:

- Deckbuilder
- Cultivation
- Crafting
- Reincarnated as an object
- VRMMO

I read this book on royal road a few years ago and I’m trying to find it but I can’t remember the name or all that much about it. Please help? I know the mc is isekaid, is was in royal road with I believe the portal fantasy tag, the mc wakes up in the forest and is some how contacted by the adventure guild after be attacked by monsters? I believe the mcs main powers involved water, and he inherited a house from another person from his world who had also been isekaid. That’s all I can really remember any help or recommendations would be welcome!