Picked by The Primal Hunter fans

Here are 54 books that The Primal Hunter fans have personally recommended once you finish the The Primal Hunter series. Book DNA is a community of authors and super-readers sharing their favorite books with the world.

Book cover of Dungeon Crawler Carl

Carol Van Den Hende Author Of Dear Orchid

From my list on books to read aloud to your partner.

Why am I passionate about this?

As an author who has narrated my own audiobooks, I’ve realized that it is an art and a joy to perform books aloud. I wanted to offer this list to inspire more people to read aloud to one another. It’s one of the most bonding experiences I’ve had with my husband and children. 

Performing my Orchid audiobooks has been such a rewarding experience. I loved revisiting my characters and having one final time to enjoy my stories from beginning to end. The narration process allowed me to experience my books fresh, from a reader’s point of view. The good news is that everyone can experience this joy. Pick your favorite book and share it out loud!

Carol's book list on books to read aloud to your partner

Carol Van Den Hende Why Carol loves this book

What happens when Earth turns into a competition to the death, all for the entertainment of alien cultures around the universe? Well, you get an eminently engrossing tale that my husband and I have been reading aloud to each other! 

As a cat mom, I've completely fallen for Princess Donut the Chonk. She is imperious, yet her vulnerability shines through too. Carl is a fine hero, as he grapples with his morals and grows in his ability to save others.

My husband and I are hooked. We're literally reading the series aloud to each other, complete with a watery accent for Zev and her fish tank hood, Princess Donut's innocent voice, and nasally shapeshifter Mordecai.

Completely bingeable!

By Matt Dinniman ,

Why should I read it?

116 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

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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?

58 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…


Book cover of The Path of Ascension

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From Chad's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Chad loves this book

I like how fleshed out the world is and how you can see the systems impact through all aspects of society

By C. Mantis ,

Why should I read it?

20 authors picked The Path of Ascension as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Orphaned by monsters, Matt must power-up to save others from the same fate.. Matt plans to delve the rifts responsible for the monsters that destroyed his city and murdered his parents. But his dreams are crushed when his Tier 1 Talent is rated as detrimental and no guild or group will take him.. Working at a nearby inn, he meets a mysterious and powerful couple who give him a chance to join the Path of Ascension, an empire-wide race to ascend the Tiers and become living legends.. With their recommendation and a stolen Skill, Matt begins his journey to the…


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,…


Book cover of Beware of Chicken

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From Jared's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Jared loves this book

Good philosophy... We do not challenge the heavens alone

By Casualfarmer ,

Why should I read it?

36 authors picked Beware of Chicken as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A laugh-out-loud, slice-of-life martial-arts fantasy about . . . farming????

Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body.

Arrogant Masters? Heavenly Tribulations? All that violence and bloodshed? Yeah, no thanks. I’m getting out of here.

Farm life sounds pretty great. Tilling a field by hand is fun when you’ve got the strength of ten men—though maybe I shouldn’t have fed those Spirit Herbs to my pet rooster. I’m not used to…


Book cover of Defiance of the Fall: A LitRPG Adventure

Carl Stalhood

From Carl's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Carl loves this book

MC is mostly solo and is overpowered compared to his peers. The story seems never-ending with every book detailing something new.

By JF Brink ,

Why should I read it?

21 authors picked Defiance of the Fall as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Zac was alone in the middle of the forest when the world changed...

The whole planet was introduced to the multiverse by an unfeeling System... or God. A universe where an endless number of races and civilizations fought for power and dominion.

Zac finds himself stuck in the wilderness surrounded by deadly beasts, demons, and worse. Alone, lost and without answers, he must find the means to survive and get stronger in this new cut-throat reality.

With only a hatchet for his weapon, he'll have to seek out his family before the world collapses... or die trying.

Experience the start…


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Alexis Cerritos

From Alexis' 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Alexis loves this book

I really resonate with the main character, the drive to survive and make the best of a terrible situation. They died, in an awful circumstance, and were reborn into a world of danger, and never skipped a beat. I see them, and what they go on to accomplish, the family they cultivate and love, as aspirational.

By RinoZ ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Anthony has been reborn! . Placed into the remarkable game-like world of Pangera.. But something seems a little off... What's with these skills? Bite? Dig?. Wait..... He's been reborn as a WHAT?!. Follow Anthony as he attempts to adjust to his new life as an ant in his new Dungeon home. He'll have to learn how to survive, level-up, and grow both himself and his bite-sized colony into a force to be reckoned with.. Experience the start of a hit monster-evolution LitRPG series with nearly 30 Million views on Royal Road, making it one of the most popular web serials…


Book cover of Mark of the Fool

Gillian Owen

From Gillian's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Gillian loves this book

Enjoyed how creative the MC is at working around their restrictions.

By J.M. Clarke ,

Why should I read it?

12 authors picked Mark of the Fool as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The gods chose him. He said no.

After his parents died, Alex Roth had one desire: become a wizard. Through hard work, he was accepted into the University of Generasi, the world’s greatest academy of wizardry...

Fate, however, had other plans.

On his eighteenth birthday, he is Marked by prophecy as one of his kingdom’s five Heroes, chosen to fight the Ravener, his land’s great enemy. But his brand is 'The Fool'. Worst of the marks.

Rather than die or serve other Heroes like past Fools, he takes a stand, rejects divine decree…and leaves. With his little sister, his childhood…


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

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From Todd's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Todd loves this book

The events in this series, at its core, are pretty horrific. But the presentation is so over the top, due to the events happening within a reality TV show and the purpose is to drive viewership, that you don’t always see or feel the horror that is there. But you sense it, and as characters develop and their relationships with each other develop, the good and the bad that occurs drive strong emotional reactions for the reader.
I’ve laughed and I’ve cried (both joyfully and sorrowfully) so many times during this series, but this specific volume contains some of the best, most hopeful moments, and some of the worst, most desperate moments.

By Matt Dinniman ,

Why should I read it?

45 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 Project Hail Mary

Brandon Wood

From Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Brandon loves this book

Such a fun story, and I love the relationship between Grace and Rocky. I love all the scenes of them working through difficult problems together, the mutual admiration and respect for each other.

By Andy Weir ,

Why should I read it?

113 authors picked Project Hail Mary as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through…