Books Like Infernal Investigations

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

#1
Hope
match 53%

A fragmented god’s soul reincarnates into a world at war, awakening forgotten power to stop the Betrayer’s unraveling of existence.
#2
A Journey of Black and Red
match 50%

A southern belle turned vampire claws her way through the deadly aristocracy of the night, where survival means mastering hunger, politics, and violence.
#3
Vampire and the Dayspring Star
match 49%

A fallen hero reborn as a vampire princess must outmaneuver the immortal court that thrives on betrayal—or lose herself to its gilded cruelty.
#4
Self-Summon [Demon Summoning/Evolution LitRPG]
match 47%

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
Contractual Obligations [or; Accidentally Seducing a Fallen Angel]
match 47%

A fledgling dark mage hires a fallen angel to work in his bakery, but their contract’s fine print threatens more than just his soul.
#6
Foxfire, Esq.
match 47%

A former government superweapon turned lawyer must choose between her hard-won peace and fighting for justice against the system that created her.
#7
The Lost Deaths
match 47%

In 1889 Paris, a disillusioned hunter stalks gaslit streets to slaughter the predatory beings who feed on humanity—but Death fights back.
#8
Ideworld Chronicles: The Art Mage
match 46%

Alexandra May wields stolen art to reshape reality, but the deeper she paints her power, the less certain she becomes—whose hand guides the brush?.
#9
Orochimama
match 46%

A woman stuck in Orochimaru’s body must reform his cult of killers or be devoured by the snake’s sinister legacy.
#10
Eldritch Exorcist
match 46%

Samuel exploits humanity's growing supernatural panic, trading favors with eldritch gods to reclaim his family’s dark legacy—one exorcism at a time.
#11
Underland
match 46%

A rogue sorcerer and a swordswoman hunt forbidden truths beneath a sky of stone, where undead rulers and forgotten gods wield the deadliest weapon: knowledge.
#12
Save Scumming
match 45%

A time-looper must uncover the corporate conspiracy behind her city’s impending doom before her save points—and sanity—run out.

How we pick "similar"

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