Books Like An Arsonist and a Necromancer Walk into a Bar
Loved An Arsonist and a Necromancer Walk into a Bar? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with An Arsonist and a Necromancer Walk into a Bar so you can pick by what you actually want next.
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A snarky gamer navigates a glitch-ridden hellscape, exploiting broken systems and aggressive wildlife to outsmart the gods watching her every move.
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A disgraced doctor wields stolen arcanotech and a dying exorcist's symbiotic system to fight plague cults in a city choking on magic parasites.
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#3The Riyria Chronicles [WITTY BANTER | EPIC FANTASY | ASSASSINS | THIEVES | MERCENARIES]
match 67%A disgraced assassin and a mercenary with a conscience trade sharp banter and sharper blades while unraveling a noblewoman’s deadly secrets.
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Niara traded her healing touch for flames that devour kingdoms, and now empires burn to answer one question: can a monster still choose mercy.
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A sharp-witted editor must wield the magic and misdeeds of a notorious villainess to survive a world that already despises her.
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A trinket merchant bargains with a forgotten god for cursed relics, gaining power to hunt his enemies—if the artifacts don’t destroy him first.
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Luvia Juneworth must choose between fame and the ocean's hidden throne as her Pokémon journey uncovers Hoenn's submerged legends.
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A mute skáld regains his stolen magic through forbidden blood rites, turning the arena that broke him into his forge of vengeance.
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A frail bunny-girl becomes the apprentice of a fallen god trapped in a grimoire, trading penmanship for power in a high-stakes magical bargain.
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A disgraced mage with an illegal soul-eating familiar claws his way up from sewer maintenance into a world of deadly political intrigue.
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Two village boys trade their dull lives for the brutal trials of spirit knighthood, where monsters and rivals stand between them and the legends they idolize.
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Liadain wields the magic of sickness and death to carve her path to immortality from the nightmares that devour souls.
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