Magic Fantasy Books: Best Reads

Browse fantasy stories where supernatural power shapes characters and worlds. Includes spellcasters, arcane rituals, and settings built around magical forces.

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Apr 13, 2026 Last updated
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49 Dumb Luck

Dumb Luck

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Rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 297 reviews.

Dumb Luck (The Green Lord, #1) by J.G. Jerome follows Jack, an IT consultant and former soldier, whose ordinary life takes an extraordinary turn after a chance encounter with a mysterious woman on a plane. Set in an urban fantasy world where mytholog…

Book 1 of The Green Lord series


50 Weaponsmaster: A Monster Girl Fantasy Adventure

Weaponsmaster: A Monster Girl Fantasy Adventure

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Rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 340 reviews.

Weaponsmaster: A Monster Girl Fantasy Adventure by Phil Aerix follows a tough, no-nonsense fighter who is dragged from a non-magical Earth into a dangerous fantasy world ruled by sorcery. Stranded without any magic of his own, he allies with a prophe…

Book 1 of Weaponsmaster series


51 Ascendant

Ascendant

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Rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 12,254 reviews.

Ascendant (Songs of Chaos, #1) by Michael R. Miller follows Holt Cook, a lowly servant in the Order Hall of the Crag who unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider after rescuing a blind dragon egg. Set in a high fantasy world threatened by undead hordes kn…

Book 1 of Songs of Chaos series


52 Newt and Demon

Newt and Demon

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Rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 1,088 reviews.

Newt and Demon by E.M. Griffiths follows Theo Spencer, a man granted reincarnation after the end of the world and reborn in a non-human body with the rare opportunity to practice alchemy in peace. Settling in the modest frontier town of Broken Tusk,…

Book 1 of Newt and Demon series


53 The Emperor's Dark Mage: An Action & Adventure Progression Fantasy Series

The Emperor's Dark Mage: An Action & Adventure Progression Fantasy Series

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Rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 369 reviews.

The Emperor's Dark Mage: An Action & Adventure Progression Fantasy Series by Alexander Gerda follows Maxim Temnikov, a twelve-year-old prodigy burdened with the spirit of a necromancer sharing his mind. Enrolled in a magic academy where most students…

Book 1 of The Emperor's Dark Mage series


54 An Adventure Brewing

An Adventure Brewing

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Rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 965 reviews.

An Adventure Brewing by JollyJupiter follows Pete, an easygoing beer enthusiast who wakes up in a subterranean fantasy realm, reincarnated as a dwarf with an impressive beard and disappointing beverages. Surrounded by flat, weak ale and strict tradit…

Book 1 of Beers and Beards series


55 The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound

The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound

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Rated 4.33 out of 5 stars, based on 5,110 reviews.

The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound by Noret Flood and puddles4263 is a fantasy and science fiction blend set in a post-apocalyptic world transformed by a mysterious System that introduces Levels, Skills, and monsters. The protagonist, Randidly, begins…

Book 1 of The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound series


56 Kit & Basie

Kit & Basie

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 570 reviews.

Kit & Basie by Tess Carletta is a cozy contemporary fantasy romance set in the small town of Long Lily, Pennsylvania, where magic and the supernatural quietly shape everyday life. Basie Yeats, an immortal who has never left his hometown, is shaken by…

Book 1 of Tales from Long Lily series


57 Pandora Unchained: A Progression Fantasy Epic

Pandora Unchained: A Progression Fantasy Epic

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 253 reviews.

Pandora Unchained: A Progression Fantasy Epic by Patrick Laplante follows Sorin, a former medical practitioner who becomes a Poison Cultivator after his parents' mysterious deaths. Set in a world where high society shuns his rare class, Sorin assembl…

Book 1 of Pandora Unchained series


58 Tuyo

Tuyo

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 1,103 reviews.

Tuyo by Rachel Neumeier follows Ryo inGara, a young warrior from a brutal winter land who is abandoned by his own warleader as a ritual sacrifice to the enemy. Taken captive by a powerful lord of the summer country, Ryo expects execution but instead…

Book 1 of Tuyo series


59 Light In The Barren Lands

Light In The Barren Lands

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 422 reviews.

Light In The Barren Lands by Brian S. Pratt continues the story of James, now known as the Dark Mage, five years after the Madoc/Empire war. Having retreated to an island near Cardri to escape unwanted attention, he is forced into conflict when power…

Book 1 of Travail of the Dark Mage series


60 Words of Power: A Progression Fantasy Epic

Words of Power: A Progression Fantasy Epic

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 326 reviews.

Words of Power: A Progression Fantasy Epic by Shami Stovall follows Rimon, a lowborn son of a courtesan in the Tze Empire where Ring Warlocks wield magic granted by Titans and dominate civilization. When Rimon unexpectedly gains possession of one of…

Book 1 of Words of Power series


61 12 Miles Below: The Frozen Realm:

12 Miles Below: The Frozen Realm:

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 1,840 reviews.

12 Miles Below: The Frozen Realm by Mark Arrows is a progression fantasy epic set in a post-apocalyptic world where the surface is dominated by lethal sub-zero temperatures and ancient frozen ruins. The story follows Keith Winterscar and his father a…

Book 1 of 12 Miles Below series


62 Backstreet Evolutionist: A Progression Fantasy Adventure Series

Backstreet Evolutionist: A Progression Fantasy Adventure Series

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 251 reviews.

Backstreet Evolutionist (Book 1): A Progression Fantasy Adventure Series by Anton Panarin follows Archmage Mikhael, who awakens in the body of an infant after death, endowed with a unique ability to steal genes. Set within a sprawling empire, Mikhael…

Book 1 of Backstreet Evolutionist series


63 The Heir of an Ancient Bloodline: A Portal Progression Fantasy Series

The Heir of an Ancient Bloodline: A Portal Progression Fantasy Series

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 759 reviews.

The Heir of an Ancient Bloodline (Living Ice Book 1) by Dmitry Sheleg introduces Ivan, a boy from a noble mage family in a parallel world scarred by demon invasions. After dying due to his inability to control magic, Ivan is resurrected through the i…

Book 1 of Living Ice series


64 Cultivation Nerd

Cultivation Nerd

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 1,174 reviews.

Cultivation Nerd by HolyMouse follows Liu Feng, a former human who dies and awakens in a new world governed by cultivation and magic that ignore familiar physical laws. Gifted with an exceptional ability to absorb written knowledge and refine techniq…

Book 1 of Cultivation Nerd series


65 Immortal Drunkard: Volume 1

Immortal Drunkard: Volume 1

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 548 reviews.

Immortal Drunkard: Volume 1 by Mortykay follows Kai, an orphan scraping by in a war-torn world where ordinary lives are easily discarded. After a brutal confrontation with the realities of his homeland, he encounters a mysterious Sphere, an artifact…

Book 1 of Immortal Drunkard series


66 The Two Week Curse

The Two Week Curse

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 9,189 reviews.

The Two Week Curse (Ten Realms, #1) by Michael Chatfield follows Erik West, an ex-combat medic, and his friend Marine recon sniper Jimmy 'Rugrat' Rodriguez as they navigate a new fantasy world where survival depends on cultivating skills and magical…

Book 1 of Ten Realms series


67 Rebirth: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

Rebirth: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 230 reviews.

Rebirth: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy (Aetherforged, 1) by Luke Chmilenko follows Callum Stross, a farm boy whose life changes after an aetherstorm forces him into a cursed manor. There, he discovers an Aethercore linked to his ancestor, the Demonsla…

Book 1 of Aetherforged series


68 Dawn of the Last Dragon Rider: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

Dawn of the Last Dragon Rider: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

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Rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 233 reviews.

Dawn of the Last Dragon Rider: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy by Shawn Wilson follows Kaen, a teenage orphan working in a quarry in Ebonmount, whose life changes when he discovers a bronze dragon egg. Bonding with the dragon Pammon, Kaen becomes the fi…

Book 1 of The Last Dragon Rider series


69 Revolutionizing the Magical World, One Sorceress at a Time: A Portal Progression Fantasy

Revolutionizing the Magical World, One Sorceress at a Time: A Portal Progression Fantasy

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 358 reviews.

Revolutionizing the Magical World, One Sorceress at a Time: A Portal Progression Fantasy by Alex Prone and Marcus Sloss follows Nathan Cavendish, a former history teacher transported to a world plagued by winter monsters and unreliable magic. As a yo…

Book 1 of Revolutionizing the Magical World, One Sorceress at a Time series


70 Sagewood: Restore the Farm:

Sagewood: Restore the Farm:

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 260 reviews.

Sagewood: Restore the Farm by Blake Arthur Peel and Kimberly Ann Peel follows Matt Miller, an ordinary man who inherits a neglected farm on a magical world after his grandfather’s death. Faced with a dilapidated farmhouse and overgrown fields, Matt m…

Book 1 of Sagewood series


71 Spell Thief: A Deck Building Progression Fantasy

Spell Thief: A Deck Building Progression Fantasy

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 692 reviews.

Spell Thief: A Deck Building Progression Fantasy (Tower of Cards) by J. Pal follows Diya Sen as he ascends the enigmatic Gaia Tower, a rune-covered structure rising from the Indian Ocean surrounded by a city built to contain its monsters. Unlike othe…

Book 1 of Tower of Cards series


72 Condemned, Book 1

Condemned, Book 1

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 1,134 reviews.

Condemned, Book 1 by Vasily Mahanenko opens with Maximilian Valevsky, the last surviving heir of a disgraced noble house, forced into service as a expendable front-line soldier. Branded a traitor after his family’s execution and stripped of his lands…

Book 1 of Смертник из рода Валевских series


73 Cast in Shadows

Cast in Shadows

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 1,625 reviews.

Cast in Shadows by Alice Winters is an urban fantasy romance set in a world divided between light-magic Casters and those who wield forbidden dark power. Andras, shaped by loss and driven by revenge against Casters, unexpectedly survives an attack an…

Book 1 of Shadow's Lure series


74 A Fae Coin Transported Me Into Another World and Now I'm the Gay Holy Maiden

A Fae Coin Transported Me Into Another World and Now I'm the Gay Holy Maiden

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 2,266 reviews.

A Fae Coin Transported Me Into Another World and Now I'm the Gay Holy Maiden by A.J. Sherwood follows Jake Alexander, an ordinary man abruptly killed and reborn in a magical realm thanks to a talkative fae coin. Declared the first gay holy maiden, Ja…

Book 1 of Fortune Favors the Fae series


75 Road to Mastery

Road to Mastery

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 3,245 reviews.

Road to Mastery (Road to Mastery #1) by Valerios follows Jack Rust, a former biologist who finds himself trapped in a transformed Earth dominated by an alien AI known as the System. Stripped of magic and armed only with his fists, Jack must navigate…

Book 1 of Road to Mastery series


76 Shattered Gods

Shattered Gods

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 539 reviews.

Shattered Gods by Chris Fox follows Xal, a young man born with the forbidden magic of a dead demonic god, confined with his people behind walls until they are summoned to war. Forced to answer The Call or see his family executed, Xal is sent as expen…

Book 1 of Shattered Gods series


77 The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 3,484,903 reviews.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan introduces Percy Jackson, a twelve-year-old boy who struggles in school and suddenly discovers that the myths he studies are real. After a terrifying attack at his boarding school, Percy is sent to Camp Half-Blood…

Book 1 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians series


78 The Coming of God of Death

The Coming of God of Death

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 426 reviews.

The Coming of God of Death by Dmitry Dornichev continues a dark fantasy saga set between the underworld and a modern, urban world. Once a calm and calculating ruler of the dead, the protagonist sees his domain shattered when invading forces, includin…

Book 1 of The Coming of God of Death series


79 Regressor Sect Master: A Xianxia Progression Fantasy

Regressor Sect Master: A Xianxia Progression Fantasy

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Rated 4.31 out of 5 stars, based on 360 reviews.

Regressor Sect Master: A Xianxia Progression Fantasy by spaizzzer follows Tundra Fox, a powerful cultivator and Sect Master of the Verdant Snow Sect, who dies confronting an eldritch god. His soul is sent back 10,000 years to an earlier stage of his…

Book 1 of Regressor Sect Master series


80 The Mountains Rise

The Mountains Rise

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 4,125 reviews.

The Mountains Rise (Embers of Illeniel, #1) by Michael G. Manning introduces Daniel Tennick, a young shepherd whose latent magical abilities draw the attention of powerful forest gods. Set in a richly imagined world where ancient civilizations lie bu…

Book 1 of Embers of Illeniel series


81 Monarch: A Prince Out of Time: A Progression Fantasy Epic

Monarch: A Prince Out of Time: A Progression Fantasy Epic

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 1,597 reviews.

Monarch: A Prince Out of Time: A Progression Fantasy Epic by J. McCoy and Eligos follows Cairn, the reckless heir to the Uskarrion throne, who is forced to confront his own assassination amid an invasion and political conspiracy. After dying, Cairn a…

Book 1 of RE: Monarch series


82 Sylver Seeker

Sylver Seeker

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 1,610 reviews.

Sylver Seeker (Sylver Seeker #1) by Kennit Kenway follows Sylver Sezari, an Arch Necromancer who unexpectedly returns to life after completing his final duty. Awakening in an unfamiliar world and era, Sylver must navigate new realities, including a m…

Book 1 of Sylver Seeker series


83 Lightningborn

Lightningborn

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 437 reviews.

Lightningborn by Julie Kagawa follows two young protagonists whose lives intersect around a dragon thought lost to history. Remy, a streetwise orphan on the floating island of Cutthroat Wedge, rescues a wild baby dragon he names Storm and quickly for…

Book 1 of Storm Dragons series


84 The Dragon’s Gambit: A Progression Fantasy Adventure

The Dragon’s Gambit: A Progression Fantasy Adventure

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 675 reviews.

The Dragon’s Gambit: A Progression Fantasy Adventure (Underkeeper Book 1) by Hankthemoose follows Bernt, a recent Mage Academy graduate stuck working as an Underkeeper in the sewers of Halfbridge due to lack of funds and connections. When a dungeon o…

Book 1 of Underkeeper series


85 The Lies of Locke Lamora

The Lies of Locke Lamora

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 347,737 reviews.

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch follows Locke, an orphan-turned-master-thief in the canal-laced city of Camorr, a grimy fantasy metropolis built atop the remnants of an alien civilization. Trained by the enigmatic con artist Chains, Locke lea…

Book 1 of Gentleman Bastard series


86 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 4,515,304 reviews.

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien introduces Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving hobbit drawn into an unexpected adventure across Middle-earth with a band of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf. What begins as a reluctant agreement to join…

Book 1 of Middle-earth series


87 Assassin Awakens: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

Assassin Awakens: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy

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Rated 4.30 out of 5 stars, based on 258 reviews.

Assassin Awakens: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy by Miles Hunter follows a protagonist forcibly trapped in a game world with low-level stats and no weapons. Set in a realm where magic is banned and original players called Titans are imprisoned, the sto…

Book 1 of The Sworn Sword series


88 Mark of the Fool

Mark of the Fool

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 10,127 reviews.

Mark of the Fool by J.M. Clarke follows Alex Roth, a young man determined to become a wizard after losing his parents. Accepted into the prestigious University of Generasi, Alex is unexpectedly marked as one of five prophesied Heroes, bearing the und…

Book 1 of Mark of the Fool series


89 A Pub in the Underworld

A Pub in the Underworld

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 676 reviews.

A Pub in the Underworld by Harmon Cooper opens with fallen soldier Sylas Runewulf awakening in a tiered afterlife, stranded in the middle realm known as the Underworld. Guided by a game-like blue prompt, he travels to Ember Hollow and takes over a sm…

Book 1 of The Cozy Abyss series


90 The Healer: Book 1

The Healer: Book 1

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 892 reviews.

The Healer: Book 1 by Roman Romanovich follows Elor, a gifted healer raised among magical adepts in a peaceful world that has forgotten war. When an otherworldly God of Death unleashes an undead army, Elor abandons his unfinished training to become a…

Book 1 of The Healer series


91 A Blade Through Time: A Grimdark Progression Fantasy

A Blade Through Time: A Grimdark Progression Fantasy

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 254 reviews.

A Blade Through Time: A Grimdark Progression Fantasy (Desolada Book 1) by Louis Kalman follows Leones Ansteri, a sixteen-year-old with emerging temporal powers, as he navigates a world torn between demigods called Archons and malevolent demons known…

Book 1 of Desolada series


92 God Conqueror

God Conqueror

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 306 reviews.

God Conqueror by Logan Jacobs follows Vander, a prophesied warrior mage raised in seclusion and trained from childhood for war. Armed with a legendary sword and a rare magic that lets him control multiple bodies at once, he wages battles as an army u…

Book 1 of God Conqueror series


93 An Evidence of Magic

An Evidence of Magic

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 328 reviews.

An Evidence of Magic by Kris Michaels and Patricia A. Knight blends urban fantasy, mystery thriller, and male/male romance in a contemporary city setting. Veteran homicide detective Hiro Santos, worn down by years on the job, is drawn to Sable Campio…

Book 1 of Everlight series


94 Gloombringer

Gloombringer

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 857 reviews.

Gloombringer by Sam Burns is an urban fantasy romance set in the magical Summerlands, where four ruling families have allowed old grudges to stall any real cooperation. As Mount Slate, the central volcano, edges toward a catastrophic eruption, only t…

Book 1 of The Summertide Chronicles series


95 Falling with Folded Wings

Falling with Folded Wings

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 721 reviews.

Falling with Folded Wings by Plum Parrot follows engineer Morgan Hall, who is awakened centuries early from stasis aboard the arkship Pilgrim-9 and forced down to an unknown world. Stripped of their advanced technology, Morgan and his fellow colonist…

Book 1 of Falling with Folded Wings series


96 The Weirdest Noob

The Weirdest Noob

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Rated 4.29 out of 5 stars, based on 2,118 reviews.

The Weirdest Noob by Arthur Stone, Mark Berelekhis, and Mikhail Yagupov is set in the Second World, a vast multinational online role-playing game where the usual rules of neutrality and alliance have abruptly collapsed. Former comrades now stalk each…

Book 1 of The Weirdest Noob series