Books like Otherland
28 fantasy books to read after Otherland, by Williams, Tad, the closest match first.
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Otherland book 2
1. River Of Blue Fire
by Williams, Tad
- Same series
- Same author
A group of unlikely heroes goes up against the ruthless Grail Brotherhood, who are exploiting Earth's children.
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Otherland book 3
2. Mountain Of Black Glass
by Williams, Tad
- Same series
- Same author
The third book in New York Times-bestselling author Tad Williams's cyberpunk fantasy series • “Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists.” ―Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods...
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Otherland book 4
3. Sea Of Silver Light
by Williams, Tad
- Same series
- Same author
The epic conclusion of the Otherland saga journeys back to the bizarre world of virtual realities in which the characters discover a multifaceted pathways to immortality, which could be available...
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Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn book 2
4. Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn
by Williams, Tad
- Same author
There are writers who like to write pulp and there are some writers who like to write fiction. Williams is the latter. Memory, Sorrow, Thorn. This series has made pretty...
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Shadowmarch book 1 Start here
5. Shadowmarch
by Williams, Tad
- Same author
Epic fantasy has become so cheap it's now at the dime-a-dozen price range. Every author and wannabe-author is trying to pour out epics faster than beer at a Irish pub...
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6. Opening Moves: The Gam3
by Yap, Cosimo
- On the same lists
An entertaining science fiction power up LITRPG that focuses on a grand galaxy-spanning video game where the in-game stakes have real world consequences to earth.The fate of the universe literally...
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Bobby Dollar book 1 Start here
7. Dirty Streets Of Heaven
by Williams, Tad
- Same author
This one by Tad Williams, a master at writing well plotted, rich fantasy tales.This is his second foray into urban fantasy territory (first being War of the Flowers - another...
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8. Mirror World
by Osadchuk, Alexey
- On the same lists
The closest you'll find to Shaman's Quest series -- also by a Russian author with an unpronounceable name. If you've ever read one of those news articles about prisoners in...
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Realm Of Arkon book 1 Start here
9. Realm Of Arkon
by Akella, G.
- On the same lists
Real of Arkon is basically the MMORPG Everquest meets Diablo video game made into an LITRPG. I would not recommend this book as your segway into the world of LITRPG,...
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10. The Phantom Server
by Livadny, Andrei
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For a Star Trek-style sci-fi RPG, give The Phantom Server series a go. Livadny is an actual Russian science fiction writer who decided to try his hand at LitRPG, unlike...
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11. The Dark Paladin
by Mahanenko, Vasily
- On the same lists
Most people know Vasily Mahanenko through his Way of the Shaman books, which are probably the most popular LITRPG on Amazon right now. His brand new series, Dark Paladin, however,...
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12. The Game Is Life
by Schott, Mr. Terry
- On the same lists
This one has a very Hunger Games feel to it -- that is, there's lots of drama, angst, romance, and betrayal between a few 20-undersomethings.And of course, there is a...
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13. Perimeter Defense
by Atamanov, Michael
- On the same lists
This one has a lot of empire building and grand strategy in it -- sort of like the main character stuck in a virtual Eve Online who's is responsible for...
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14. Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm
by Hunter, J. A.
- On the same lists
If you've read Play to Live (Alterworld), Viridian Gate Online feels somewhat similar especially to the early Alterworld books (after the 4th book, the entire series details). It' got a...
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15. The Dark Herbalist
by Atamanov, Michael
- On the same lists
Atamanov wrote one of the better LitRPG's with his science fiction Perimeter Defense series, which tells a grand strategy style tale that feels a bit like your are reading a...
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16. Eden's Gate: The Reborn
by Brody, Edward
- On the same lists
Another cross-into-a-game-world LitRPG and a new one (came out in 2017), but it's also one of the better reads and certainly better than most. It has a bit of an...
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17. The Splintered Sun
by Williams, Tad
- Same author
Three hundred years before The Dragonbone Chair, the old king of Hernystir is dying, warlords are seizing land and factions are fighting over the succession. Flann Alderwood, a bandit leader,...
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Bobby Dollar book 2
18. Happy Hour In Hell
by Williams, Tad
- Same author
I’ve been told to go to Hell more times than I can count. But this time I’m actually going. My name’s Bobby Dollar, sometimes known as Doloriel, and of course,...
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19. Snow Crash
by Stephenson, Neal
- On the same lists
Considered by some as a parody of Cyberpunk. This novel popularized and cemented its use of the term avatar to describe online virtual bodies
Meet Hiro Protagonist: hacker, samurai swinging swordsman and pizza delivery boy. When his best friend dies of a brain fry and his ex girlfriend asks for his help, Hiro switches...
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20. Night's Dawn Saga
by Iii, David R. George
- On the same lists
Book Flap Description Space is not the only void... In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the...
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21. Gap
by Donaldson, Stephen R.
- On the same lists
Book Flap Description Author of The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, one of the most acclaimed fantasy series of all time, master storyteller Stephen R. Donaldson retums with this exciting and...
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Ready Player One book 1 Start here
22. Ready Player One: A Novel
by Cline, Ernest
- On the same lists
Not 'strictly' a LitRPG novel, but Ready Player One has a lot of elements that make up an LITRPG book, those being the in-game sequences. This is not only a...
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23. Foundation
by Asimov, Isaac
- On the same lists
Some softer elements, like FTL and antigrav cars, but otherwise a rational series.
Book Flap Description One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive...
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Takeshi Kovacs book 1 Start here
24. Altered Carbon
by Morgan, Richard K.
- On the same lists
Humans can transfer their conciousness into new bodies. This sets up a detective style story about a murder.
After dying in a particularly gruesome death, ex UN-envoy Takeshi Kovacs wakes up to find himself "re-sleeved" into a fresh body with a job offer: find who killed Laurens Bancroft...
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The Forever War book 1 Start here
25. The Forever War (1976)
by Haldeman, Joe
- On the same lists
In this novel, time travel is a kind of side effect of space travel at near light speeds.
William Mandella is a physics student drafted into an elite force to fight an alien enemy on the far side of the galaxy. Travel between the front lines takes a...
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26. Starship Troopers
by Heinlein, Robert A.
- On the same lists
The world government in this future Earth is run by veterans and citizens must earn the right to vote and hold public office with federal service.
Book Flap Description A recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against humankind's most frightening enemy. ...
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The Ender Quintet book 1 Start here
27. Ender's Game (1986)
by Card, Orson Scott
- On the same lists
The first in a famous series that seems to become more literary as its characters age. Follows a child prodigy and in the process makes the reader think about war, the means to war, and even loneliness.
Earth has survived two invasions by an insect-like alien race, and the International Fleet is training the most gifted children to lead the next defence. Six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is...
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Dune Chronicles book 1 Start here
28. Dune
by Herbert, Frank
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The whole series over time shows the colonization and taming of the wild planet Dune over thousands of years.
A blend of sci-fi and fantasy, Frank Herbert's Dune created a foundation for many of the themes in modern genre fiction. Its exploration of ecology, pacifism, and mysticism pairs with...
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