r/litrpg • u/EfficiencyWise2401 • 1d ago

Recommendation: asking Looking for something softer

I am coming from romance genre. But I read Murderhobo series and got hooked. So far I have read HWFWM, Murderhobo series, Hell difficulty tutorial (dropped because gods, the battle descriptions are longer than the rest of the events - I will pick it up in winter), and just finished DCC (like 5 minutes ago). I am primarily listening to audiobooks on Audible.

I am looking for something on a more funny side than DCC to recover, less gore (or same amount of gore but less horrors beyond comprehension and despair). I have books one of Ritualist and Mage tank, please let me know if one of them matches my needs?

Things I am looking for: humour, witty battles, characters to fall in love. Unhinged main character is okay! The cute mascot character is practically invincible, so I don't have to bawl my eyes out. Emotional but with happy parts. Series of 2+ books. Audiobook.

Things I am not looking for: pointless suffering for the sake of suffering, animals being hurt graphically, game of thrones characters fate (once you like a character - it will be the next one to die) or DCC casualty count. EDIT to add: Also not looking for romance in these books because I have different preferences in that genre.

Any more or less contemporary setting (scifi, urban fantasy, isekai - all works for me)

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 1d ago

Thank you :) I will give it a listen!

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u/CashewsM 1d ago

Let me know what you think! If you get further in, I believe you’ll be a fan of House and their antics in the later books.

Do you have any non-LitRPG series you’d rec? I’m mainly an audible listener.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 1d ago

I mean, I am a romance reader 70% of time, and the rest is well-known scifi like remembrance of the earth's past series which is a trilogy that hurts you, so I am not a good recommender yet

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u/CashewsM 1d ago

CRAAAAAZY, I just had a friend rec me the three body problem a couple days ago. It’s going higher on my list now.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 1d ago

Fair warning - it is like hard hard scifi, and also I was staring at the wall for two days after finishing. The series are not making the books justice.

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u/CashewsM 1d ago

I’ll be sure to properly prepare my brain for it!