Books like The Dark Paladin
14 fantasy books to read after The Dark Paladin, by Mahanenko, Vasily, the closest match first.
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1. Opening Moves: The Gam3
by Yap, Cosimo
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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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. Perimeter Defense
by Atamanov, Michael
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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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7. 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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8. The Dark Herbalist
by Atamanov, Michael
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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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. Survival Quest
by Mahanenko, Vasily
- Same author
Barliona. A virtual world jam-packed with monsters, battles - and predictably, players. Millions of them come to Barliona, looking forward to the things they can't get in real life: elves...
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13. The Kartoss Gambit
by Mahanenko, Vasily
- Same author
A product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation....
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14. The Karmadont Chess Set
by Mahanenko, Vasily
- Same author
Mahan's ready for new adventures - just as the gaming world of Barliona thought it was about to re-enter its old comfortable rut. The winds of the Dark Forest have...
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