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The price for saving the world is the right to rule it.
After saving a faraway world, Lyn Rivers was cast back to Earth. Wanting the admiration, prestige, and glory of saving that world, she forced her way back.
But she was forgotten, and someone else claimed credit for her deeds.
Now, with the power of a deity of destruction, she desires nothing more than to claim her place in history. To do that she will conquer dungeons, make alliances, destroy kingdoms, and build an empire.
After all, why ruin the world when you can bend it to your will?
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Twinned Destinies
- A Cultivation Progression Fantasy
- By: Adastra339
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
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Prophecy tells of a hero who shall slay the Lord of Demons—but this is not his story. This is the story of his twin. Where he has a magical core of unparalleled talent, she has none at all. Where he is celebrated, she is shunned Yet she refuses to accept her fate. She will prove herself. Even if it means breaking a sacred taboo, and eating the flesh of demons…
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12 chapters in, around 5ish hours and I hate this book
- By Donovan Mullen on 02-09-25
By: Adastra339
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Emberstone Farm
- A Low-Stakes Cozy Fantasy LitRPG (The Chronicles of Emberstone Farm, Book 1)
- By: L. Meili
- Narrated by: Rylee Kuberra
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Violet, an orphan from Earth, was just about to apply to a college when she was transported into the world of her favorite game, Adventure Incarnate. Thankfully, Adventure Incarnate is a cozy farming adventure RPG, and she has an awesome cheat—her inventory is full of raw materials that she can use to level up and craft legendary items.
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No actual progression
- By Eric on 02-07-25
By: L. Meili
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Dark Matter Ascension, Book 1
- A LitRPG Adventure
- By: SerasStreams
- Narrated by: Nick Flesher, Clara Rose
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
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One week. If you survive, you choose a Cosmic Power ... If you survive. Jace isn’t one to give up. Not when his sister dies. Not when he loses his legs. And definitely not when The Cosmic System takes over Earth. With nothing more than his street smarts, the clothes on his back, and a river otter companion, he must survive a planet full of vicious predators that see him as an easy meal. If he can survive? He gets to choose a Cosmic Power and a Class. A path to ascension. A way to bring his sister back.
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amazing!
- By Rodney Veracruz on 04-02-25
By: SerasStreams
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Dread Runners: A LitRPG Urban Fantasy Dungeon Crawler
- By: Eden Redd
- Narrated by: Sierra Kline
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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Simon, one of the last of his kind, seeks otherworldly treasures to change the card fate has dealt him. When he discovers Penumbra Springs, a secret haven for mythics, he's determined to join. But the haven hides more than just a community of strange beings.
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fantastic
- By Anonymous on 02-22-25
By: Eden Redd
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Frontier Mage 1
- By: Dante King, Sam Howard
- Narrated by: Renée Nolen, Alfie Syme
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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Can a legendary warrior become a mage? Can a master of the sword take up the staff? With a little help, one swordsman intends to do just that. Master swordsman Leo Faulkner travels to Crestmarch, a frontier town, where he hopes to learn wild magic. Fortunately for him, the beautiful Mage Seer Elizabeth Kincaid agrees to be his tutor.
By: Dante King, and others
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Dark Mage 1: Paladin's Fall
- By: DB King
- Narrated by: Dustin Naylor
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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Ethan is a Sun Paladin, one of the most formidable holy warriors of the Empire of the New Dawn. After distinguishing himself in battle, he is offered a promotion to the rank of captain, but only if he undertakes a Warrior Pilgrimage to hunt down and slay an evil sorceress. His quest brings him to the wilds of Sturmgard, where he is confronted with ravenous werewolves, dark sorcery, and questions of his heritage and his true destiny.
By: DB King
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Twinned Destinies
- A Cultivation Progression Fantasy
- By: Adastra339
- Narrated by: Jessica Threet
- Length: 26 hrs and 8 mins
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Prophecy tells of a hero who shall slay the Lord of Demons—but this is not his story. This is the story of his twin. Where he has a magical core of unparalleled talent, she has none at all. Where he is celebrated, she is shunned Yet she refuses to accept her fate. She will prove herself. Even if it means breaking a sacred taboo, and eating the flesh of demons…
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12 chapters in, around 5ish hours and I hate this book
- By Donovan Mullen on 02-09-25
By: Adastra339
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Emberstone Farm
- A Low-Stakes Cozy Fantasy LitRPG (The Chronicles of Emberstone Farm, Book 1)
- By: L. Meili
- Narrated by: Rylee Kuberra
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Violet, an orphan from Earth, was just about to apply to a college when she was transported into the world of her favorite game, Adventure Incarnate. Thankfully, Adventure Incarnate is a cozy farming adventure RPG, and she has an awesome cheat—her inventory is full of raw materials that she can use to level up and craft legendary items.
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No actual progression
- By Eric on 02-07-25
By: L. Meili
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Dark Matter Ascension, Book 1
- A LitRPG Adventure
- By: SerasStreams
- Narrated by: Nick Flesher, Clara Rose
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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One week. If you survive, you choose a Cosmic Power ... If you survive. Jace isn’t one to give up. Not when his sister dies. Not when he loses his legs. And definitely not when The Cosmic System takes over Earth. With nothing more than his street smarts, the clothes on his back, and a river otter companion, he must survive a planet full of vicious predators that see him as an easy meal. If he can survive? He gets to choose a Cosmic Power and a Class. A path to ascension. A way to bring his sister back.
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amazing!
- By Rodney Veracruz on 04-02-25
By: SerasStreams
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Dread Runners: A LitRPG Urban Fantasy Dungeon Crawler
- By: Eden Redd
- Narrated by: Sierra Kline
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon, one of the last of his kind, seeks otherworldly treasures to change the card fate has dealt him. When he discovers Penumbra Springs, a secret haven for mythics, he's determined to join. But the haven hides more than just a community of strange beings.
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fantastic
- By Anonymous on 02-22-25
By: Eden Redd
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Frontier Mage 1
- By: Dante King, Sam Howard
- Narrated by: Renée Nolen, Alfie Syme
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Can a legendary warrior become a mage? Can a master of the sword take up the staff? With a little help, one swordsman intends to do just that. Master swordsman Leo Faulkner travels to Crestmarch, a frontier town, where he hopes to learn wild magic. Fortunately for him, the beautiful Mage Seer Elizabeth Kincaid agrees to be his tutor.
By: Dante King, and others
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Path of Time Deviant Omnibus: Books 1-4
- A Cultivation Gamelit Novel
- By: A.P. Gore, Patricia Jones
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Erin Bateman
- Length: 45 hrs
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Allen Ming awakens in an unfamiliar realm, trapped within an unfamiliar form—feeble in body and spirit. Thrust into a world of cultivation, Allen Ming finds himself grappling with a reality of a wastrel body, and a world filled with danger and killing. With an AI-enhanced eye, he seeks his way through the dark world of cultivation. But with his newfound family haunted by a looming threat, he has to take charge of the situation even before he gets familiar with the new body.
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Could not finish.
- By Shannon Glover on 03-19-25
By: A.P. Gore, and others
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Wizard's Redemption
- The Order of the Sentinels - The Eidolon Series
- By: Gary Hunst
- Narrated by: Lisa Koch
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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“Yes, I admit, I should have told him earlier,” lamented Wizard Apprentice Talash as Sentinel Ruben stared at him. “I just don’t know what to do now that the Portcullis has been opened.” What to do. Yes, that was the million-dollar question. Warning the citizens about the hordes of criminals, crazies and creatures flooding into Mokiem from the Land of Outcasts would be the first action; repairing and sealing the Portcullis would be the second; and rescuing Wizard Szczurik from whatever hellish place the changeling had teleported him would be the third.
By: Gary Hunst
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Psyker Marine
- A Science Fiction LitRPG (Galactic Invasion, Book 1)
- By: Jake Malory
- Narrated by: Matthew Michael Lewis, Renée Nolen
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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My name is James Thorne, and I wasn't supposed to matter. Before the invasion, I was just a guy in a dead-end job, keeping my head down and my past buried. The Gehenna want our annihilation. Thankfully, they angered the Aetherion who may help humanity not only fight back, but turn the tide. When I’m offered the chance to be Cleansed, to become something more than I was, I take it. And it turns out I’m special. No, I’m not the Chosen One. And yes, there are others like me, but as a Psyker, I can do things most can't. Things that make me very dangerous.
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X-COM, The literary edition.
- By Anonymous User on 02-19-25
By: Jake Malory
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Lancer: An Epic Sci-Fi Adventure
- Godslayers, Book 1
- By: T. R. More
- Narrated by: Kimberly Woods
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
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Deicide is one-part public service, one-part revenge . . . or at least that's why Lilith does it. An operative of the multiverse-spanning Eifni Organization, she travels to new worlds to clear out the local deities before they can eat everyone's souls. It's a tricky process, requiring advanced sociological science and an arsenal of tools weaponizing meaning itself. But a god once tried to eat her, and she's not one to easily forgive. When Lilith deploys to pre-industrial Theria, she finds their gods aren't willing to go quietly.
By: T. R. More
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The Legendary Fool
- A Deck-Building LitRPG Adventure
- By: Daoist Enigma
- Narrated by: Todd Menesses
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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Thomas Lowe was destined for a life of mediocrity, working a dead-end job in rural America. But fate seemed to have other plans for him. One card changes everything. While he's gifted a power beyond imagination, he also unlocks a prophecy that puts him in the crosshairs of Ancient Clans and Noble Houses that have existed since the dawn of the first era.
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Awesome
- By CC on 04-03-25
By: Daoist Enigma
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The Wish
- A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG
- By: Gonoa
- Narrated by: Sierra Kline
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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The victim of a daring scientific experiment, Sarah wakes alone, naked and confused, in what appears to be a swamp. Terrified and suddenly angry, she quickly realizes she's in a whole new world, part of some kind of "system" and receiving messages regarding her status—both mental and physical—via holograph. Soon Sarah will learn just how different this world is from her own. In the meantime, all she can do is heed her system's instructions and warnings about mutating, "levels," and her "life force." But the longer she's there, the less she remembers about her old life and the people in it.
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Incomplete
- By James C. on 02-22-25
By: Gonoa
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Rise of the Strongest Girl Next Door 1
- LitRPG with a Yandere Twist
- By: Yuki Knightley, Gwen Grayson
- Narrated by: Aurora Bliss, Jonathan Waters
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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As a C-Tier Lifeblade, Ethan keeps his head down, works hard, and always hits his mark. His skills might not be flashy, but they get the job done—and in SlayerCorp's cutthroat portal acquisitions industry, reliability makes you valuable. He’s built a solid rep as the go-to healer who can hold his own in any situation, with a resume that's earned him the respect and admiration of his peers. But Ethan's biggest challenge isn’t in the dungeons he clears or the creatures he fights. It’s Lily Chen.
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so I was wondering how you pull off a Yandere haram.
- By Anonymous User on 02-02-25
By: Yuki Knightley, and others
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The Dark Sorcerer's Intern: A Humorous Urban Fantasy
- The Dark Sorcerer's Intern, Book 1
- By: Gavin Brown
- Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Bryce Alexander isn't exactly on a path to wizardly renown. In fact, his latest rejection from the Arcane Arts program at the Kotodama Institute has pretty much guaranteed his dream of attending magical college is over. But rather than give in to despair and join the manager training program at Samba Smoothies, he does something incredibly daring, unexpected, and . . . stupid. He sneaks into the Queens warehouse where the Dark Sorcerer Zambrano has recently been spotted and offers up his service as an apprentice.
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A tale of Magic in the modern world with twists turns and many a chuckle
- By Forrest on 02-07-25
By: Gavin Brown
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Deus Ex Machina
- Broker, Book 1
- By: Derelict Presence
- Narrated by: Hollie Jackson
- Length: 26 hrs and 15 mins
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The opening of Pandora's Box changed the world, giving rise to an age of superhumans and monsters. Yet mankind was not safe from its own hubris, and in the end, it destroyed itself. Sonya Chernovna returns to the past with a mysterious new ability that lets her absorb powers, combine them, and even bestow them onto others. It's a power with near limitless potential.
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Solipsum
- By: Daniel Couto
- Narrated by: Daniel Couto
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Solipsum follows the adventures of Charlie, young photo assistant who works for one of the top photographers in the world. She gets the assignment of a lifetime and soon finds herself working on a print campaign that takes over all the print-based advertising in thirty cities around the world.
By: Daniel Couto
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I Reincarnated as an Elf in a Broken World. ( Book 1 )
- By: Igor RSAW
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 57 mins
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In a world created by a wicked god, hundreds of people live in destruction and war.There is a war between races and slavery and no other god puts his hands in this world to help him.The protagonist reincarnated as an elf in this destroyed world, and elf is the most enslaved race, what will become of him now?
By: Igor RSAW
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The Training Grounds
- Mystery of the Immortals
- By: Jason Clark
- Narrated by: Jamie Treselyan
- Length: 18 hrs and 47 mins
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When Darius receives an invitation to attend the Training Grounds, he wonders why an insignificant farm boy would be asked to join the most elite training academy in Merchant Valley. The only thing special about him is that he has unsettling visions he can’t understand. Despite the unknown, he accepts this privilege, and with his best friend, they set out on this new adventure. While there, they quickly form alliances with a skilled archer, a talented blacksmith, and a powerful wielder of the elements.
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Great Book
- By quin on 08-01-23
By: Jason Clark
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- Ellie Loos
- 03-02-25
Fun read - a few content warnings
I really enjoyed the prose and the plot! The characters feel fully developed and their voices fit.
I would just note that there are some descriptions of abuse and recollections of the same that could be pretty triggering for some. Not a criticism, just an fyi.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-13-25
not fun to listen to
get rid off the ptsd and the staker it's not at all fun to listen to
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- TK421
- 03-21-25
Ok
This could have been great, but fell short. Mostly because every single "hero" is messed up. Only two are somewhat normal, but talk about having PTSD. and having to work hard to get better. No matter the amount of crap they went through, or how many of them had preexisting conditions, there would be some that make it through without crippling mental trauma. It's just too extreme in the, everyone's messed up, direction to make sense to me. I get it your trying to be more "real", but you went too far the other way.
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- A. G. Ditsch
- 03-11-25
Fun Shorter Anime
Japan is coming out with a lot more lit RPG genre where a person becomes issakide.
this one is a more United States version. I do feel that the ones that come from Japan can go around in circles and sometimes become too long. this book is exciting and gets to the point a lot faster.
it's annoying. how traditional isakai ones were the main character becomes so undecisive or timid. this main character is not that. it's a refreshing change of pace.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-25-25
Overall great but...
So it is definitely worth the credit, but it has some major issues. Namely, ALL the hero's that aren't evil incarnate have CRIPPLING ptsd, and aside from that nit being how people work it also give me the vibe that the author thinks that extremely bad ptsd is a requirement for someone who has seen a lot of violence.
ps: that cliffhanger was cruel
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- Sara
- 03-31-25
beating the reader over the head with a clue by four
If you've ever seen the "subtle foreshadowing" meme, the author has roughly that level of ability to tease the future. The story feels bland, MC is overpowered except for when the plot says nah, there's no build up, everything is just there. Every character is 30+ but 90% of the time they act like they are 15 with their desires and driving motivations, and have similar critical thinking skills. Even the parts that are supposed to feel dark or adult in this book fall flat, any gore and torture is done off screen, the mentions of sex are bland and basic, and the trauma is shallow, angsty, and dull.
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- Natalie
- 02-18-25
can't tolerate the "heroes" constantly crying about their memories.
the story is incredibly boring. lies and secrets to keep their power as heroes, sex and drugs to avoid dealing with trauma.
I'm half way through and can't finish. save the credit.
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