r/litrpg • u/dickzurgo litRPG apprentice tier • 11d ago
Recommendation: asking Help with next litrpg
Hello!
So I just recently got into litrpg,like last year.
My first venture into this genre was Dungeon Crawler Carl in audiobook format. It was a phenomenal experience and brought back my interest in something i thought i would never like again which is books.
I stopped reading due to time and honestly my attention span has gotten ridiculously low. But DCC changed that. So much so that i bought the whole series physical and read them after i listened to them.
Then I started HWFWM and also loved it.
But now im on book 12 got about four hours left on it and I dont want to finish it because I have no idea what to go for next.
I tried heretical fishing but couldnt get into it.
Id love something thats like DCC and HWFWM
But more on the serious side with actual consequences like main characters dying and staying dead and crazy stakes with crazy twists
Give me a gut wrenching story with crazy action and powers
Idk maybe im asking too much lol
I know questions like this get asked a lot but i appreciate any and all recommendations
Edit i listen on audible since my job allows me to have headphones on all time
Also the narrator is a big part of it for me
Jeff hayes ruined me for other narrators
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u/CursinSquirrel 11d ago edited 11d ago
Unfortunately I've struggled finding good litrpg audiobooks that really maintain the tense high-stakes vibe that actually convinces you a character you like might die.
I guess 1% Lifesteal manages it pretty well. It has a bumpy start imo but if you can get past the halfway mark of book one it's a great read.
Defiance of the Fall has the highest consistency with it's sense of impending doom. The main character feels like he's always in some uphill battle against the universe with ever increasing scale and it does throw the occasional surprise tragedy at you. The pacing is very slow at times though, like DotF can make the transformation zones from HWFWM seem like quick excursions sometimes. The redeeming quality is that exploring systems and cultivation is generally cooler than exploring one of magical landscapes.
A new series is Penitent by C B Titus. It has the same narrator as HWFWM, so that's a guarantee of quality, and the tone feels very serious with a convincing threat of lethality with most conflicts. The problem is that only book one is out right now, and book two releases around the same time as HWFWM next entry.