Picked by Bog Standard Isekai fans

Here are 19 books that Bog Standard Isekai fans have personally recommended once you finish the Bog Standard Isekai series. Book DNA is a community of authors and super-readers sharing their favorite books with the world.

Book cover of Hell Difficulty Tutorial

gavin lockhart

From gavin's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why gavin loves this book

It was just overall really interesting, I flew through the series and it left me wanting more. The worldbuilding, the magic, the characters, the plot, it is all great. Do note that I am talking about the series as a whole, since I read books 1-5 one after another.

By Cerim ,

Why should I read it?

20 authors picked Hell Difficulty Tutorial as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Where others see doom, he sees opportunity. Hell Difficulty? More like a chance to thrive.

Nathaniel's bus ride was supposed to be just another boring commute. Wrong. Now, he, 23 fellow passengers, and a corgi named Biscuit, are stuck in a "Hell Difficulty" Tutorial, battling monsters and leveling up to survive.

Easy difficulty, anyone can handle. Normal difficulty, you've got to put up a fight to get by. Hard difficulty is where only the tough ones last. And Hell? That's where you have to be a bit out of your mind!

With his terrifying talent for mana manipulation, Nathaniel decides…


Book cover of Book of the Dead

Toby Davidson

From Toby's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Toby loves this book

It had an orginal outlook the story was incredible, Rinoz is one of the greatest litrpg writers ever it was between this and crysalis for 3rd. I love his writing style so
Much and the way he writes makes it so I can never stop reading. I need him to write quicker than I can read 😔

By RinoZ ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked Book of the Dead as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A forbidden Class. A dark power. Can Tyron prove he can still be a hero?

With one touch of the Awakening Stone, Tyron receives an outlawed Class and his life changes forever.

His bright and promising future as the scion of two famous, monster-hunting Slayers is promptly torn apart and he must make a decision.

He can allow his Class to be purged from his soul as is required by his society, or can cling to it, abandon all that he knows, and rise from the shadow of his influential parents to prove the world that shunned him wrong.

It's…


Book cover of Unsouled

Alex Alousis

From Alex's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Alex loves this book

I’m actually commenting on the entire series. I love the magic and the progression, it’s tied in quite well.

By Will Wight ,

Why should I read it?

25 authors picked Unsouled as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the natural world.Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan.When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must rise beyond anything he's ever known...and forge his own Path.


Book cover of Dungeon Crawler Carl

Random Answer

From Random's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Random loves this book

A long answer would just rehash what everyone says. Bottom line it was my first foray into modern LitRPG (I think I may have read some really early LitRPG from before it being a thing...which I also really like...Quag Keep by Andre Norton back in the 70s maybe?) and turns out as a lifelong gamer (I've been playing RPGs since before DnD had editions) I really enjoy it. I have DCC to thank for turning me onto it.

By Matt Dinniman ,

Why should I read it?

112 authors picked Dungeon Crawler Carl as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The apocalypse will be televised!

A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.

In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth—from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds—collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.

The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. A dungeon so enormous, it circles the entire globe.

Only a few dare venture inside. But once you're…


Book cover of He Who Fights with Monsters

patrick o.

From patrick's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why patrick loves this book

World building is excellent, power levels scale, and captivating supporting characters. MC power set is my favorite in ARPGs.

By Shirtaloon , Travis Deverell ,

Why should I read it?

56 authors picked He Who Fights with Monsters as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Jason wakes up in a mysterious world of magic and monsters.It’s not easy making the career jump from office-supplies-store middle manager to heroic interdimensional adventurer. At least, Jason tries to be heroic, but it's hard to be good when all your powers are evil.He’ll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters...and that’s just on the first day. He’s going to need courage, he’s going to need wit, and he’s going to need some magic powers of his own. But first, he’s going to need pants.After cementing itself as one of the best-rated serial novels on Royal Road with an astonishing…


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KrazeKode Author Of The First Law of Cultivation

From my list on get into Xianxia Cultivation.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’m KrazeKode; I’m a college student turned author who spent his teenage years reading a lot of web novels, and eventually, I ended up writing some. People liked them enough that I decided I wanted to do it as my job instead of writing boring code for some company, so now I do that instead. I’ve read a lot, and a good chunk of them were cultivation books. I really love this genre and find that it has a lot of potential to explore. It is generally a super fun setting and world and has a very different style and feel compared to most other Western English works, making it quite refreshing. 

KrazeKode's book list on get into Xianxia Cultivation

KrazeKode Why KrazeKode loves this book

If Cradle is a refreshing take on cultivation done faithfully and to its pinnacle while bringing a new aesthetic to it, then this book does the opposite and dives right into the heart of the xianxia aesthetic, but it does so in a phenomenal way.

It’s nothing new, per se, but that’s okay because what is there is done really well. Honestly, I don’t have too much to say about this book besides just that you should go read it—it’s great. 

By Eric Dontigney ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Unintended Cultivator as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

He never intended to be a cultivator. The heavens have another plan…

Sen never dreamed of ascension. Such were the aspirations of the rich young nobles, not orphans like him, scraping together a meager living on the streets of Orchard’s Reach.

However, when destiny takes an unexpected turn, Sen finds himself thrust into the role of a cultivator’s disciple. Chosen over the nobles who once looked down on him, he is adopted into a makeshift family of three ancient cultivators, each with a lifetime of knowledge and insights. These old monsters will teach Sen everything they can, from the art…


Book cover of A Conjuring of Ravens

Nathan Lowell Author Of The Wizard's Butler

From Nathan's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Nathan's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Nathan Lowell Why Nathan loves this book

Azalea Ellis puts her own spin on portal fantasy with A Conjuring of Ravens. Rather than being transported into another world, Siobhan finds herself in a different body in the same world with its own trials, troubles, and dangers. Balancing secrecy against her burgeoning powers and talents to keep her out of harm's way rapidly becomes vital to not only her survival but to the survival of those she comes to care about as well.

The tremendously rich world building and motley collection of characters kept me turning pages late into the night.

By Azalea Ellis ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked A Conjuring of Ravens as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In a world where magic is a science, Siobhan is a genius.

But even geniuses need schooling.

When Siobhan stumbled into the theft of a priceless magical book, she thought her dreams of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer were destroyed.

But then a mysterious spell changed her life forever...

Siobhan is now wearing the body of a strange man and has a new identity—Sebastien. With a new chance for a new start, she allies herself with a local gang—secretly a revolutionary party funding itself through crime. Now, she is bound by vow to repay them in magic and favors.…


Book cover of This Inevitable Ruin: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 7

toadflax

From John's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why John loves this book

Matt's writing is top notch.

By Matt Dinniman ,

Why should I read it?

43 authors picked This Inevitable Ruin as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The time has come! Book seven in the bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series is here!

They call it Faction Wars.The ninth floor.

Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal... It all makes for great fun and even greater television.

After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war.

Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

As…


Book cover of The Primal Hunter

Toby Davidson

From Toby's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Toby loves this book

Jake is just awesome. The world building is amazing and the battles are super intense. There are so many other reasons too. I love how the system works how skills work how powerful people get.

By Zogarth ,

Why should I read it?

65 authors picked The Primal Hunter as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

On just another average day, Jake finds himself in a forest filled with monsters, dangers, and opportunity.... It was a day like any other when suddenly the world changed. The universe reached a threshold humanity didn’t even know existed, and it was time to finally be integrated into the vast multiverse. A place where power is the only thing anyone can truly rely on.Jake, a seemingly average office worker, finds himself thrust into this new world. Into a tutorial filled with dangers and opportunities.. His new reality should breed fear and concern. His fellow coworkers falter at every turn. Jake,…


Book cover of 12 Miles Below: The Frozen Realm

Andrew Kossek

From Andrew's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Andrew loves this book

That the story has side beats about immortals engaging in social engineering and robotic Cartesian philosophy! The World building is actually and truly robust in a way that doesn't always happen when a story is as fight focused as this one.

By Mark Arrows ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked 12 Miles Below as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Icy death above. Monster-filled dungeons below. He must fight or freeze.Extreme sub-zero temperatures suffocate the surface. Frozen structures of bygone eras span across massive ice-wastes. And the survivors closely guard any technology rediscovered within them.. The only escape from the deadly climate is beneath the surface, but that doesn't mean it's safe.... Monstrous machines lurk in the depths. Unhinged demigods war against them, dying over and over, treating it all like a game. The depths themselves shift over time, more contraption than rock.. When an expedition into the far uncharted north goes terribly wrong, Keith Winterscar and his father get…