Books like The Dark Herbalist
14 fantasy books to read after The Dark Herbalist, by Atamanov, Michael, the closest match first.
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1. Video Game Plotline Tester
by Atamanov, Michael
- Same series
- Same author
The Dark Herbalist is a cyberpunk LitRPG series currently comprising three novels, all of them Amazon bestsellers. In a typical megalopolis of the near future, lush skyscrapers of the business...
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2. Perimeter Defense
by Atamanov, Michael
- Same author
- 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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3. 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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4. Mirror World
by Osadchuk, Alexey
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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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5. Realm Of Arkon
by Akella, G.
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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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6. 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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7. The Dark Paladin
by Mahanenko, Vasily
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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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8. The Game Is Life
by Schott, Mr. Terry
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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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9. Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm
by Hunter, J. A.
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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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10. Eden's Gate: The Reborn
by Brody, Edward
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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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11. Otherland
by Williams, Tad
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This one has been around for a long while now and pre-dates the whole LitRPG movement. However, as the premise of the story takes place partly in a massive, realistic...
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12. Ready Player One: A Novel
by Cline, Ernest
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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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13. Beyond Death
by Atamanov, Michael
- Same author
Playing by the book? That's not how we do it! In his attempt to delay his appearance in Emperor's court, Crown Prince Georg triggers an alien invasion of his own...
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14. New Contract
by Atamanov, Michael
- Same author
The enemy's at the gate, busy seizing Terran and allied star systems. The situation is getting worse by the second. The star system Unatari - the seat of Crown Prince...
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