22 Books like Shadow Slave

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman • 2020

Earth is an alien dungeon crawl. Carl enters barefoot, half-dressed, and the cat won't stop talking.

4.47

308k+

🎮 Litrpg 🏰 Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat

Dungeon Crawler Carl 94%

Earth is an alien dungeon crawl. Carl enters barefoot, half-dressed, and the cat won't stop talking.

by Matt Dinniman 2020

4.47

308k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🏰 Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat

He Who Fights with Monsters

by Shirtaloon • 2021

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

4.36

42k+

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

He Who Fights with Monsters 93%

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

by Shirtaloon 2021

4.36

42k+ ratings

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Defiance of the Fall

by TheFirstDefier • 2021

An assassin splits Zac Atwood between life and undeath. The System's death match hunts both halves.

4.34

16k+

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏰 Base Building

Defiance of the Fall 93%

An assassin splits Zac Atwood between life and undeath. The System's death match hunts both halves.

by TheFirstDefier 2021

4.34

16k+ ratings

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏰 Base Building

The Primal Hunter

by Zogarth • 2022

Earth becomes a game. A bored analyst picks archer. His first kill feels like waking up.

4.25

21k+

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏔️ Dungeon Diving

The Primal Hunter 93%

Earth becomes a game. A bored analyst picks archer. His first kill feels like waking up.

by Zogarth 2022

4.25

21k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏔️ Dungeon Diving

Early Years

by TurtleMe • 2016

A fallen king reborn as a baby must master magic to protect his new family.

4.32

11k+

🏔️ Progression Fantasy 🌍 Isekai 🧒 Child Prodigy

Early Years 93%

A fallen king reborn as a baby must master magic to protect his new family.

by TurtleMe 2016

4.32

11k+ ratings

🏔️ Progression Fantasy 🌍 Isekai 🧒 Child Prodigy

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest

The Gunslinger 93%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest

Discount Dan

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A hungover contractor in a bathrobe wakes in a maze where survival runs on game logic.

4.12

4k+

🎮 Litrpg Game Mechanics 🌀 Liminal Horror 🫂 Found Family

Discount Dan 93%

A hungover contractor in a bathrobe wakes in a maze where survival runs on game logic.

by James A. Hunter 2025

4.12

4k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Game Mechanics 🌀 Liminal Horror 🫂 Found Family

The Lost Abbey

by Jeff Wheeler • 2016

Exiled and carrying forbidden magic, a princess hunts a ruined abbey on a monster-haunted shore.

4.14

2k+

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🔥 Forbidden Magic 👑 Exiled Princess

The Lost Abbey 93%

Exiled and carrying forbidden magic, a princess hunts a ruined abbey on a monster-haunted shore.

by Jeff Wheeler 2016

4.14

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🔥 Forbidden Magic 👑 Exiled Princess

Contention

by Sean Oswald • 2024

Earth becomes a cosmic RPG. One man must power-level his family before the apocalypse timer ends.

4.51

3k+

🌐 System Apocalypse ⬆️ Progression Fantasy 🛡️ Reluctant Champion

Contention 93%

Earth becomes a cosmic RPG. One man must power-level his family before the apocalypse timer ends.

by Sean Oswald 2024

4.51

3k+ ratings

🌐 System Apocalypse ⬆️ Progression Fantasy 🛡️ Reluctant Champion

Cul-de-sac Carnage

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

4.45

2k+

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy

Cul-de-sac Carnage 92%

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

by James A. Hunter 2025

4.45

2k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy

Academy Arcanist

by Shami Stovall • 2022

His nightmares draw real blood. At a magical academy, a killer hunts twins through their dreams.

4.20

2k+

🏰 Magical Academy 🐉 Creature Companions 👥 Sibling Loyalty

Academy Arcanist 92%

His nightmares draw real blood. At a magical academy, a killer hunts twins through their dreams.

by Shami Stovall 2022

4.20

2k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Academy 🐉 Creature Companions 👥 Sibling Loyalty

A Deadly Education

by Naomi Novik • 2020

In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.

3.93

225k+

🏫 Dark Magical School ✨ Magic With A Cost 🖤 Found Family

A Deadly Education 92%

In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.

by Naomi Novik 2020

3.93

225k+ ratings

🏫 Dark Magical School ✨ Magic With A Cost 🖤 Found Family

Fairy Tale

by Stephen King • 2022

Through a backyard portal, a boy enters a dark fairy tale to save his dying dog.

4.09

351k+

🔮 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🐕 Boy And His Dog

Fairy Tale 92%

Through a backyard portal, a boy enters a dark fairy tale to save his dying dog.

by Stephen King 2022

4.09

351k+ ratings

🔮 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🐕 Boy And His Dog

House of Blades

by Will Wight • 2013

After his village is burned, a boy enters a cursed mansion where every gift comes with chains.

4.07

18k+

🦸 Reluctant Hero 🥋 Brutal Training ⚖️ Cost Of Power

House of Blades 92%

After his village is burned, a boy enters a cursed mansion where every gift comes with chains.

by Will Wight 2013

4.07

18k+ ratings

🦸 Reluctant Hero 🥋 Brutal Training ⚖️ Cost Of Power

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

by Ao Jyumonji • 2013

Haruhiro's cautious party joins reckless rivals in a twilight realm where magic fails.

4.17

2k+

🌀 Isekai 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🤝 Found Family

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 92%

Haruhiro's cautious party joins reckless rivals in a twilight realm where magic fails.

by Ao Jyumonji 2013

4.17

2k+ ratings

🌀 Isekai 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🤝 Found Family

My Necromancer Class

by Aero Revian • 2022

A necromancer and his skeleton army grind dungeons for power in a world that punishes the weak.

4.38

296

🎮 Litrpg 🏚️ Dungeon Crawling 🦴 Undead Minions

My Necromancer Class 92%

A necromancer and his skeleton army grind dungeons for power in a world that punishes the weak.

by Aero Revian 2022

4.38

296 ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🏚️ Dungeon Crawling 🦴 Undead Minions

The Starless Crown

by James Rollins • 2022

A seer, a thief, and a prince race to restart their world before the moon falls.

3.78

13k+

🫂 Found Family 🌑 Chosen One Prophecy 🗿 Sentient Artifact

The Starless Crown 91%

A seer, a thief, and a prince race to restart their world before the moon falls.

by James Rollins 2022

3.78

13k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌑 Chosen One Prophecy 🗿 Sentient Artifact

Of Shadow and Sea

by Will Wight • 2014

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

4.03

6k+

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin

Of Shadow and Sea 91%

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

by Will Wight 2014

4.03

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin

The Left Hand of God

by Paul Hoffman • 2010

Forged inside a brutal fortress, a boy escapes and learns he is the destroyer prophecy foretold.

3.65

19k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🌑 Dark Chosen One

The Left Hand of God 91%

Forged inside a brutal fortress, a boy escapes and learns he is the destroyer prophecy foretold.

by Paul Hoffman 2010

3.65

19k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🌑 Dark Chosen One

The Warded Man

by Peter V. Brett • 2008

Demons rule the night. Wards only hide. Arlen tattoos fighting magic onto his own skin.

4.24

132k+

🖤 Demon Apocalypse 🪄 Hard Magic System 🖋️ Tattooed Hero

The Warded Man 91%

Demons rule the night. Wards only hide. Arlen tattoos fighting magic onto his own skin.

by Peter V. Brett 2008

4.24

132k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Apocalypse 🪄 Hard Magic System 🖋️ Tattooed Hero

Unsouled

by Will Wight • 2016

An outcast born without magic sees his valley's destruction. To prevent it, he must first escape.

4.14

58k+

🎮 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Magic 💪 Underdog Hero

Unsouled 91%

An outcast born without magic sees his valley's destruction. To prevent it, he must first escape.

by Will Wight 2016

4.14

58k+ ratings

🎮 Progression Fantasy 🌱 Cultivation Magic 💪 Underdog Hero

The Daughters' War

by Christopher Buehlman • 2024

A soldier and her war ravens fight goblins while her general sacrifices battalions by lottery.

4.22

14k+

🗡️ Military Dark Fantasy 💕 Forbidden Queer Romance 👥 Sibling Bonds In War

The Daughters' War 91%

A soldier and her war ravens fight goblins while her general sacrifices battalions by lottery.

by Christopher Buehlman 2024

4.22

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Military Dark Fantasy 💕 Forbidden Queer Romance 👥 Sibling Bonds In War

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