Books Like Death, Loot & Vampires

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

  1. Book Of The Dead cover
    #1

    Book Of The Dead

    match 70%
    by RinoZ

    Tyron must master the forbidden Book of the Dead before its whispers consume him or the world destroys him for wielding it.

  2. 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.

  3. A Cursed Cleaning cover
    #3

    A Cursed Cleaning

    match 64%
    by Ellen Taylor

    A woman trapped in a cursed house must restore it before the unseen horrors arrive—but every repaired floorboard and swept corner only deepens the mystery.

  4. Self-Summon [Demon Summoning/Evolution LitRPG] cover
    by Drim

    A starving artist accidentally summons a parasitic demonic duplicate of herself, complete with a Leveling System and the power to hijack her free will.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Tenebroum cover
    #7

    Tenebroum

    match 63%
    by DWinchester

    A murdered thief’s spirit festers into a sentient darkness, devouring souls and corrupting the land in its hunger for godhood.

  8. A Dearth of Choice (Dungeon Core) cover
    by Grim Tide

    A dungeon core desperate to help a village keeps spawning undead and death mana instead of gardens and healing.

  9. Storm's Apprentice cover
    #9

    Storm's Apprentice

    match 61%
    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.

  10. Father of Monstrosity cover
    #10

    Father of Monstrosity

    match 61%
    by Dosei

    A stolen boy becomes a master of fleshcrafting in a city’s underbelly, reshaping living beings into horrors to surpass even his monstrous maker.

  11. As Good As Dead cover
    #11

    As Good As Dead

    match 60%
    by Underboss

    Oran Farrow reincarnates as a decaying corpse in a world of magic, where embracing his absurd undead existence might be the key to true freedom.

  12. PokeBun cover
    #12

    PokeBun

    match 60%
    by RavensDagger

    A terrified Buneary and a not-quite-human girl team up to train, battle, and uncover ancient secrets in a world teeming with bizarre Pokémon.

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