Books Like Vigor Mortis
Loved Vigor Mortis? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with Vigor Mortis so you can pick by what you actually want next.
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by AnemoneLiadain wields the magic of sickness and death to carve her path to immortality from the nightmares that devour souls.
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by JoroborosNix claws her way back from a sacrificial black hole, wielding her own cursed mutations as weapons against the cults that forged her.
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by FlamerunerA sharp-witted editor must wield the magic and misdeeds of a notorious villainess to survive a world that already despises her.
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by David Niemitz (M0rph3u5)A frail kitchen girl discovers her brittle bones channel wild magic, transforming her greatest weakness into the key to unlocking forgotten god ruins and Guild Mage trials.
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by ErraticErrataTristan, 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.
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by HastumSamuel exploits humanity's growing supernatural panic, trading favors with eldritch gods to reclaim his family’s dark legacy—one exorcism at a time.
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by MecanimusA woman with divine luck scrambles to survive in a world where gods play deadly games and every choice could make her their pawn—or their doom.
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by imperfect-tenseDorian 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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by AetamA former slave wields forbidden necromancy at the Royal Military Academy, where skeletons march, spirits whisper, and rebellion simmers beneath empire-enforced loyalty.
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by HungryOctavia trades her hatred of magical girls for forbidden power, joining a shattered sisterhood hunted by rogue Dream-Gods and their own monstrous pasts.
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by EmergencyComplaintsVelik wields the [Black Fang] class to hunt monsters in the dark, but this year’s horde hides a truth even he fears.
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by FictionalAtlasA fire mage wields a necromancer's cursed staff, torn between the guild's distrust and the whispers of the dead in its wood.
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