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  • Noble Roots by Drew Hayes

    Noble Roots by Drew Hayes

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For generations, nobles have gathered at a scenic estate once per year to compete. What transpires there is spoken of only in rumors, save for the prizes. Potent, powerful, and precious; the winners are said to receive a gift from magic itself.Reeling after their loss to Kalzidar, the adventurers from Maplebark can only press forward, following advice imparted by the gods...
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    litrpg  epic  heroic-fantasy  fantasy  audiobook  fiction  humor  magic
  • Lotus Lake by Jay Boyce

    Lotus Lake by Jay Boyce

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Reborn five years in the past. A second chance to do everything over. What would you do?For Ashlyn, being reborn five years in the past is both a boon and a bane. She’s reborn in the wreckage of tragedy, forced to deal with a life that she messed up before...
  • Dungeons by Rohan M. Vider

    Dungeons by Rohan M. Vider

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Humanity has inherited a contested Dominion and a Patron intent on enslaving it. Others, too, gather, sensing weakness. Can Jamie and Sierra defy the odds? Can they save humanity? And at what cost?Enter the world of the Trials again and join Jamie on his journey to gather power and save humanity...
  • This Plot is Bananas! by J.P. Valentine

    This Plot is Bananas! by J.P. Valentine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With betrayal weighing heavily on their spirits and the devouring flame an ever-present threat, Eve and the gang can do little to stave off the eternal undercurrent of silliness that pervades their lives...
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    epic  heroic-fantasy  litrpg  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  dragons
  • Raze by Dakota Krout, Luke Daniels

    Raze by Dakota Krout, Luke Daniels

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Humanity on the run. Desperate base building. Dark deeds done during daylight.Joe has started to draw attention to himself and his abilities. While some of the attention is good and allows for personal growth, most of it is from various organizations that feel threatened by the sudden upswing of power that Joe’s guild—The Wanderers—are attaining...
  • RE-ROLL by Robyn Wideman

    RE-ROLL by Robyn Wideman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryan Rosa has had a run of bad luck, but when he receives a VIP package for the newest and hottest game to come out in years his luck takes a turn for the better.But his good luck ends when he's stabbed in the back by a guild of players who betray him for a unique weapon he possesses. Ryan contemplates doing the one thing every player hates doing, re-rolling his unique character and starting over...
  • The Burning Lake by ThinkTwice

    The Burning Lake by ThinkTwice

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    During his time at Koshima Academy, Andross Silver has bested monsters and immortal houses.Now, the academy is sending its students to a holy land called the Burning Lake. Treasures beyond imagination lay at the heart of this mystical realm, guarded by fearsome beasts and wild magics.But chaos lurks behind the allure of the holy land...
  • Wild Wild Quest by Eric Ugland

    Wild Wild Quest by Eric Ugland

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Straight out of the West (or, you know, somewhere through a gloom portal), in a thunder of hooves (but they’re kinda like giant turtle hooves, if you can picture it?), comes Montana Coggeshall, gun (sword) slinger.Sure, he’s survived Fiends’ Night and an all-out goblin war. But for his people in Coggeshall to truly be safe, Montana needs to go out and find the source of all these crazy attacks...
  • Imperial Wizard by J. Parsons

    Imperial Wizard by J. Parsons

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An age has passed, a blight curses the land, and one hero stands above the rest to restore the balance.Verdan Blacke is an Imperial Wizard, a researcher by preference but soldier by necessity. Surviving an intense battle, Verdan is cursed by a hex witch in her final moments...
  • The Manifold by Mike Truk

    The Manifold by Mike Truk

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name's Noah Kilmartin. I'm from Ruddock, Ohio, and I'm just about 50% unqualified to save the universe from the slavering demonic hordes of the super evil bitch queen Lilith.But just when I thought things were starting to look up...My companions and I arrive in Tagimron, the sphere of discordance...
  • Mana Beast by Bruce Sentar

    Mana Beast by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Isaac's story continues. He knows being a mage is more than just simple luck. His mother tipped the dice in his favor. But that's ended. Lucky can only carry you so far.Arriving at the Ferrymen Sect, he hopes to ignite a war between the corrupt mages and those sworn to defend to the average person. But he finds the world of Sects more complex than he'd hoped...
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    epic  harem  heroic-fantasy  litrpg  adult  audiobook  book  dragons
  • Nova Terra: Liberator by Seth Ring

    Nova Terra: Liberator by Seth Ring

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite all the advantages that came with being a Titan, for Thorn, it has come with equally Titan sized problems.Thorn has freed himself from an ancient curse and cleared up the political turmoil in the capital, but the looming threat to Northern Angoril posed by the Orc invasion of Rasyn carries him back to the Elven island. But not before he deals with a cultist infestation in his own home...
  • Summoner 11 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 11 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As if one Archon loose on the Southern continent wasn’t enough, now the snake-goddess Utuni has awakened. And she’s joined forces with Miralea. But the jaguar goddess is still weak after her defeat at Gryff’s hands, so there’s still a chance for Gryff to capture her...
  • Summoner 9 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 9 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Phi might be taken care of, but now another problem arises to the South. Gryff and his team travel to the Southern Continent to address rumors of a risen goddess, and as they trek through the treacherous jungles, Gryff has to keep his wits about him … Because something is watching...
  • Summoner 10 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 10 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gryff and his team have tracked down the Archon Miralea to her temple fortress. But that was the easy part. Now, they must fight their way through her hundreds of crazed followers, continue to survive the perils of the jungle, and try to defeat their third Archon...
  • Creation Mage 4 by Dante King

    Creation Mage 4 by Dante King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm Justin Mauler, student of Mazirian Academy, Creation Mage, and now the new owner of a poltergeist named Barry Chillgrave.Who'd have expected having a deceased buccaneer as your resident dungeon-running poltergeist would lead to trouble?Yeah, it's pretty much a given.And now I’ve discovered that my spell list might be limited...
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    epic  harem  heroic-fantasy  litrpg  adult  audiobook  book  dark
  • Dragon Emperor 7 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 7 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evan has won the allegiance of Tikal through a little dragon diplomacy, but his work isn’t done yet. The Green Glass Sect make another appearance as Evan works to get the city back on its feet, so he decides to put the campaign on hold and root the traitorous Sect members out of the jungle...
  • Rebels by Robyn Wideman

    Rebels by Robyn Wideman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The hero becomes the hunted! After foiling the Quarnon's plans and killing his arch enemy, Jack is now being hunted. To keep his friends safe, Jack heads to the mysterious Isle of Maga. A place filled with poisonous mana, deadly beasts and an army of undead minotaurs...
  • Creation Mage 5 by Dante King

    Creation Mage 5 by Dante King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I've collected the souls required to speak with my dead father, and he's got a lot to tell me.Hopefully, what he has to say will help me succeed in the coming Mage Game Qualifiers.Because if I get through, then I'll finally find my mother's white staff.You've read the last 4 books, you know what to expect. This is more of that. Grab it, sit back, and have the time of your life...
  • Dragon Emperor 8 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 8 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evan’s campaign across Rahma continues, and this time, they encounter a city of intelligent, if proud, shape-shifting centaurs.Evan is fascinated by the horse-people, but he is more enthralled with their gorgeous queen. To win her over, Evan and his party work to clear the nearby forest of monsters, traps, and traitorous Green Glass Sect members...
  • Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 6 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Free from the Shadowscape, Gryff returns to the world only to find two months have passed him by, but it’s nothing compared to what’s in store for him next. Gryff has his hands full between Enclaves falling, undead bounty hunters hell bent on revenge, and oh yeah, the council is out to get him, too...
  • Summoner 7 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 7 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gryff and his friends have spent the last two years battling constant rifts and hunting down ancient ciphers, but now that they’re starting to get some answers, only more questions arise. Gryff will have to be on the top of his game to stay ahead of betrayals, political coups, and goddess monsters from the shadowscape attempting to seduce him...
  • Dragon Emperor 5 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 5 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With Evan and Alyona’s campaign around Rahma drawing near, Evan is under a time crunch to make safe the city. First, he must clear out any beasts and enemies that lurk in the tunnels beneath Hatra. Then he needs to complete the reconstruction of the Lunar Palace. And finally, he’s got to deal with the assassins that have somehow infiltrated his home. Just another day for a Dragon Lord...
  • The Right to Arm Bears by Andrew Seiple

    The Right to Arm Bears by Andrew Seiple

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Threadbare has reunited with his little girl, even if it didn't go exactly like he'd hoped it would. But war still rages through the kingdom, and the fluffy heroes must stop the tyrant king and restore peace to their home. Celia, Threadbare, and the rest of their allies must join the final resistance, to fight for the fate of everyone within Cylvania. It's a daunting task...
  • The Empress of Beasts by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau

    The Empress of Beasts by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tiqr awakes. The dungeon moves!Wildlife and monsters have been stirred from their homes by intruders, both in the continent of Chandrar and the Empire of Tiqr, led by Nsiia, the Empress of Beasts, and in Liscor's dungeon, where a certain skeleton continues to help both friend and foes in the only way he knows how. In Liscor, the election will result in a new group of leaders for the city...
  • Threshold: Stories from Cradle by Will Wight, Travis Baldree

    Threshold: Stories from Cradle by Will Wight, Travis Baldree

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cradle isn’t over yet.Lindon’s journey may have ended, but there are still more tales to tell.The stories in this collection will show you the world after Cradle, those left behind, and even some legends from long ago. If you’ve enjoyed the main series but you still want more, these are for you.Witness the first Uncrowned King tournament. Visit the Monarchs and their voyages in the lands beyond...
  • Stuff and Nonsense by Andrew Seiple

    Stuff and Nonsense by Andrew Seiple

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    "It's a wonderful book and made me so happy when I started to read it." --Whoopi Goldberg, the View Meet Threadbare. He is twelve inches tall, full of fluff, and really, really bad at being a hero. Magically animated and discarded by his maker as a failed experiment, he is saved by a little girl. But she's got problems of her own, and he might not be able to help her...
  • Battlefield Reclaimer by David North

    Battlefield Reclaimer by David North

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Across the world of Aster Fall, there are unique classes, but not all of them can be trained. They require quests and accomplishments that simply don't exist in the world. Some say the World Law itself is broken and that the world is falling apart.In comes Sam Hastern.His family has been cursed by one of these classes for the last fifty years...
  • The Traveler's Gate Trilogy by Will Wight

    The Traveler's Gate Trilogy by Will Wight

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    ***This volume contains the novels House of Blades, The Crimson Vault, and City of Light, all of which are available separately.***Simon can only watch, helpless, as his family is killed and his village destroyed by enemy Travelers--men and women who can summon mystical powers from otherworldly Territories...
  • Skulduggery 4 by Logan Jacobs

    Skulduggery 4 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Building a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery With each rival my syndicate eliminates two more appear, and they are out for blood. The assassin’s guild, the dwarven miners, and the elven overlords are all looking to put our heads on a pike...
  • Summoner 18 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 18 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has been extended an offer and invitation to the Shadowscape by the Archon Carth: If he stays in her palace for a week, she will spare Varle Enclave.Sounds easy enough, but little does Gryff know what this trip will cost him.Or what he’ll soon learn...
  • Resurrected as a Drow by Logan Jacobs

    Resurrected as a Drow by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Fynn Draven, and I used to be from this world.I think I might have died, but I can’t remember. All I know is that I woke up on an altar as a drow male, and the beautiful dark-elf priestesses said they begged their Spider Goddess for help.They ended up with me...
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    epic  harem  adult  book  dark  fiction  high-fantasy  horror
  • Summoner 17 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 17 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff is a married man, a professor, and a soon to be father now.But his life is still far from ordinary, boring, or safe.Especially when massive, mega monsters start appearing on his honeymoon...
  • Phoenix's Flame by D. Levesque

    Phoenix's Flame by D. Levesque

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jason is learning more about his powers to Godhood. Throw in a Dungeon and its core, and things just got more interesting.Not only that, but he also needs to deal with Temples now, but not in the way he expected. Michael, his wives, and others are embarking on something that might change the course of the Cosmos themselves...
  • Forbidden Arcana: Morgana by Tamryn Tamer

    Forbidden Arcana: Morgana by Tamryn Tamer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Death in Forbidden Arcana wasn’t much more than an inconvenience but losing his home, that wouldn’t be easy to come back from. So, when Grim and their new alliance discovers a way to take down the protective barriers surrounding villages and cities, Jericho has no choice but to seek out a new way to protect Dayrose...
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    harem  heroic-fantasy  litrpg  adult  book  dark  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Dragon Emperor 12 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 12 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evan and his party continue on to the peninsula of Rahma, but an ultimatum from the king hangs over Evan’s head.If he can’t get the Lord of Atheson to swear fealty to the crown, then he has been tasked with breaking the peninsula off the continent and letting it sink to the bottom of the ocean...
  • Dragon Emperor 10 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 10 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The campaign across Rahma continues, and this time Evan and his party travel to the desert city of Kana.The lizard Demi-Human lord is quick to welcome Evan, but his stoic mage of a sister tells Evan she isn’t impressed with him.Men don’t impress her in general, so she prefers a woman’s touch, and nothing Evan can say will change her mind...
  • King of Shadows by Mike Truk

    King of Shadows by Mike Truk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Revenge, they say, is a dish best served bloody and twitching.For Kellik, nothing matters so much as defeating his father and destroying his reign over Port Gloom.But as powerful as Kellik has become, his father will surely crush him if he doesn't stay three steps ahead...
  • Blue Core: Book Two by Inadvisably Compelled

    Blue Core: Book Two by Inadvisably Compelled

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With Tarnil free, Blue and his Companions, friends, and allies consolidate and recover from the mage-king's depredations. As he establishes himself for firmly at home, he starts reaching out to the world that he is now a part of. There is a lot of work to be done to prevent further war, or worse. Book two of the Blue Core series. This story contains occasional scenes of explicit consensual sex...
  • Watcher's Repose by Sean Oswald

    Watcher's Repose by Sean Oswald

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Nelson's have grown tired of waiting for danger to come to them.Now they are going to take the fight to their enemy.Whether that be hit and run attacks against a much larger goblin army by Emily, a raid into the sewers under the capital by Jackson, or the final confrontation with Duke Holstein, they are taking their destiny into their own hands...
  • Summoner 12 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 12 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The capital Umo Portana has fallen to the goddess Utuni. But Gryff isn’t about to let the rest of Utun fall to the serpent Archon. The only problem is, Utuni’s blood aura makes her legions more powerful with each monster that’s killed, so Gryff and his team realize they’re going to need a little help. Gryff expects maybe a few Utun men to join his cause...
  • Summoner 13 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 13 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has finally captured Miralea and Utuni, the two goddesses who wreaked havoc upon the Southern Continent. Now, it’s time to go home. Or … at least that was the plan. But after a surprise rift and a hurricane, Gryff finds himself stranded on an unknown island with his friends nowhere in sight...
  • Summoner 14 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 14 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has gained a new power and a new shapeshifting wife.But his impromptu vacation is over.When his Mistral friends find him again, they inform him that Varleth is still missing, and the Archon Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Now, it’s up to Gryff to search for his friend and hopefully bring peace to the shapeshifting territories...
  • Summoner 15 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 15 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff has his hands pretty full in the south.Not only is Varleth still missing, but now Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Plus, his women have been emboldened by his hawk wife Freya, and now they all want to bear him children.It’s a hard job, but someone’s gotta do it, and Gryff is certainly not complaining...
  • Summoner 16 by Eric Vall

    Summoner 16 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gryff is finally returning to Mistral.But home is not the same as he left it, and neither is he.Now, Gryff has to figure out how to reintegrate himself into his classes and the Academy, just in time for midterms.Oh, and he’s got a wedding to plan, too...
  • Into the Hells by Christopher Johns

    Into the Hells by Christopher Johns

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunting for allies. A rescue mission that goes against the natural order. Time to delve deep.Zeke and his friends have a final few obstacles standing in their way before they can try and find a way into the Hells. Everything to this point has been an effort to rescue their buddy, Balmur...
  • The Mantle of Darkness by Michael James Ploof

    The Mantle of Darkness by Michael James Ploof

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Read Book 1 FREE for a limited time. Copy/paste the following address into your browser and read the first book of this USA Today bestselling series. http://tinyurl.com/jss6ycd Long ago, the elf Eldarian defeated the Lord of Darkness and Death during the God Wars...
  • The False Hero, Volume 6 by Michael Plymel

    The False Hero, Volume 6 by Michael Plymel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lutz finally finds a place in the elven lands where he's been accepted, despite his title of False Hero. He works tirelessly to protect the elven forest from a deadly disease and a rampaging horde of demons. But just as he puts a stop to the plans of Chaos to summon an army at the elves' doorstep, he receives a pleading message from Princess Lumina...
  • Building Harem Town 5 by Eric Vall

    Building Harem Town 5 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It looks like the threat of an enemy god is a lot closer to home than I realized. It’s time for my loyal priestesses and I to expand my territory, build up my armies, and take on the strange beasts who prowl the northern forest.But there’s more lurking in these woods than I anticipated...
  • Building Harem Town 3 by Eric Vall

    Building Harem Town 3 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have no idea how or why I’ve become a god, or if any of this is even real, but my three beautiful priestesses certainly seem real, and they rely on me to watch over them, guide them, and impregnate them with my god-seed.Now, more devout followers have joined with my convent. My flock is growing along with my power, and my priestesses are more and more eager to worship my godly form...
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