Books Like Book Of The Dead

Loved Book Of The Dead? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with Book Of The Dead so you can pick by what you actually want next.

  1. Paladin Of The Forsaken Lands (Monster Crafting "Nature" Paladin Lit-Rpg cover
    by jollybane

    Vrax crafts monsters from nightmares to survive the Forsaken Lands, but his own abominations might kill him before the horrors he flees do.

  2. Common Clay cover
    #2

    Common Clay

    match 73%
    by WanderingLeaf

    Clay, branded a [Commoner] by the system, steps into monster-filled Dungeons with nothing but his stubborn will to prove that even the weakest class can become unbreakable.

  3. Death, Loot & Vampires cover
    #3

    Death, Loot & Vampires

    match 70%
    by BenjaminKerei

    A reluctant vampire fights to hold onto his humanity while leveling up in a nightmare realm to save his family from the horrors within.

  4. Duskbound: a Monster Hunter LitRPG cover
    by EmergencyComplaints

    Velik wields the [Black Fang] class to hunt monsters in the dark, but this year’s horde hides a truth even he fears.

  5. Seaborn cover
    #5

    Seaborn

    match 68%
    by captaink-19

    Domenic trades his freedom for survival, gaining power from an ancient force beneath the waves—but every use of his magic tightens its grip on his soul.

  6. Wretch cover
    #6

    Wretch

    match 68%
    by Emilsola

    A desperate man bargains with a monstrous Flame that grants power but demands his humanity in a dying city besieged by horrors.

  7. Cursed Relic Collector cover
    #7

    Cursed Relic Collector

    match 67%
    by Maradina

    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.

  8. Wander West, in Shadow (Rough Draft) cover
    by CloverCloverClover

    A man bonded to a sentient shadow that devours darkness must master its hunger before it consumes him in a world of eternal twilight.

  9. Underkeeper cover
    #9

    Underkeeper

    match 66%
    by Hankthemoose

    A disgraced mage with an illegal soul-eating familiar claws his way up from sewer maintenance into a world of deadly political intrigue.

  10. Flesh Eater [Demon Evolution LitRPG] cover
    by grisaille

    Pyre, a nameless demon of shifting flesh, devours titan corpses to survive—until their memories begin rewriting her fractured soul.

  11. He Who Fights With Monsters cover
    by Shirtaloon (Travis Deverell)

    A snarky isekai survivor battles eldritch horrors and moral dilemmas as his dark powers grow stronger than his conscience.

  12. Storm's Apprentice cover
    #12

    Storm's Apprentice

    match 63%
    by imperfect-tense

    Dorian must master his forbidden magic at the deadly Windshriek Academy, where every lesson could make him the Empire’s weapon—or its next corpse.

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