Books Like Underland

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

  1. The Unexpected Engagement of the Marvelous Mr. Penn cover
    by rkgoff

    When a flamboyant thief publicly announces his engagement to a duke’s daughter he’s never met, Victorian high society scrambles to uncover his true game.

  2. Star Wars: A Penumbral Path cover
    by Lee Duckett

    Two Padawans train under rogue Jedi Masters, forging their own path between the Order’s light and the war’s encroaching darkness.

  3. A Sinner's Eden cover
    #3

    A Sinner's Eden

    match 54%
    by Andur

    Genetic exiles battle Eden’s horrors with scavenged tech and engineered bodies, but survival demands more than strength—it demands blood.

  4. Foxfire, Esq cover
    #4

    Foxfire, Esq

    match 54%
    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.

  5. The Ogre's Pendant & The Rat in the Pit cover
    by J.M. Clarke (U Juggernaut)

    A thief and a demon hunter must outrun a ruthless wizard and a barbarian horde to steal an artifact from the cursed Forest of Giants, where ogres stalk their every move.

  6. The Lost Deaths cover
    #6

    The Lost Deaths

    match 52%
    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. Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone cover
    by MuffinLance

    A street thief forced to impersonate a dead hero uncovers courtly secrets in a world where European and Asian myths wage war.

  8. Epilogue cover
    #8

    Epilogue

    match 49%
    by Etzoli

    When four heroes vanish from their victory in Cyraveil, only three wake up in Oregon—with magic lingering and their missing friend's fate unknown.

  9. The Demon Queen Wants To Live. [Progression] cover
    by TheLastSurvivor

    The immortal Demon Queen wakes in a world without gods or systems, wielding power etched in Ink—and the Hero who once killed her has no memory of their past.

  10. Pale Lights cover
    #10

    Pale Lights

    match 49%
    by ErraticErrata

    Tristan, a thief cursed by a goddess, and Angharad, a noble hunted for vengeance, must survive the deadly Dominion of Lost Things to earn a place at Scholomance.

  11. Romantically Apocalyptic Webcomic cover
    by Vitaly S Alexius

    A delusional gas-masked captain leads his broken crew through a reality-bending wasteland manipulated by a sadistic AI.

  12. Infernal Investigations cover
    #12

    Infernal Investigations

    match 46%
    by saithorthepyro

    A disgraced infernal-turned-alchemist must hunt a poisoner mimicking her old gang’s methods before the conspiracy exposes her true identity.

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