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 cover
    #1

    Hope

    match 53%
    by sarvashaktimaan

    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 cover
    by Mecanimus

    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 cover
    by Matoi

    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] 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. Foxfire, Esq cover
    #5

    Foxfire, Esq

    match 47%
    by Noa (October)

    A former government superweapon turned lawyer must choose between her hard-won peace and fighting for justice against the system that created her.

  6. The Lost Deaths cover
    #6

    The Lost Deaths

    match 47%
    by Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

    In 1889 Paris, a disillusioned hunter stalks gaslit streets to slaughter the predatory beings who feed on humanity—but Death fights back.

  7. Contractual Obligations [or; Accidentally Seducing a Fallen Angel] cover
    by Lear Ragnos

    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.

  8. REND cover
    #8

    REND

    match 47%
    by Temple

    Erind Hartwell trades her front-row seat to the apocalypse for monstrous powers and a delusion that she's the star of the show.

  9. Ideworld Chronicles: The Art Mage cover
    by OneDropRain

    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?.

  10. Orochimama cover
    #10

    Orochimama

    match 46%
    by WhoaMama

    A woman stuck in Orochimaru’s body must reform his cult of killers or be devoured by the snake’s sinister legacy.

  11. Eldritch Exorcist cover
    #11

    Eldritch Exorcist

    match 46%
    by Hastum

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

  12. Underland cover
    #12

    Underland

    match 46%
    by Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

    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.

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