There are 7 books in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. The newest book is This Inevitable Ruin which came out in 2024.

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Book cover of Dungeon Crawler Carl
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…

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Carl's Doomsday Scenario

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Join Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they fight fantastical creatures and deadly mobs to make it to the next level and build the kind of fan following the dungeon masters can’t ignore in the second book in the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with…

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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

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Welcome to the Iron Tangle! Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, have to team up with other contestants not just to survive, but to solve a deadly puzzle in this third, mind-twisting novel in the addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with bonus material exclusive to this…

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The Gate of the Feral Gods

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Follow Carl, Princess Donut, and Mongo as they fight their way to the next level in the USA Today bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!

New Achievement! Total, Utter Failure.
You failed a quest less than five minutes after you…

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The Butcher's Masquerade

Book cover of The Butcher's Masquerade

Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose.
Run, Run, Run.

A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade.”

The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds.

As the remaining…

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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

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Follow Carl and Princess Donut into insanity on the next level in the wildly entertaining USA Today bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!

A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the…

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This Inevitable Ruin

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