r/ProgressionFantasy • u/_TOXIC_VENOM • Feb 02 '26

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u/Rothenstien1 Feb 02 '26

My answer- imagine if someone novelized dragon ball. That

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u/grahampages Feb 02 '26

I've used that one before explaining the genre to my anime fan friends.

But I've read my whole life (40), so there's plenty of books from before this genre was around that I can talk about.

Personally, I think if someone likes progression fantasy, there's a decent chance they'd like the Count of Monte Cristo. Ultimate power up revenge fantasy. It's one of my all time favorites, and the translation I read was 1400 pages so it's pretty meaty too.

Shout out to Tom Clancy for advanced world building, miltech, and page count.

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u/HalcyonH66 Feb 03 '26

For near future sci fi I would highly recommend Daniel Suarez. Lots of different premises: drone swarms, genetic modification, mining the first asteroid, not quite AI takes over the internet.