2017 · Hugo Huesca · 332 pages · LitRPG
The Wraith's Haunt earns its reputation as one of the stronger LitRPG entries by blending dungeon building with character-driven dark fantasy, delivering a protagonist who feels earned rather than handed his power. An uneven second book and some pacing complaints keep it from the top tier, but the foundation Hugo Huesca builds here has kept readers coming back across five installments.
2019 · Jonathan Smidt · 400 pages · LitRPG
Bone Dungeon is a lighthearted dungeon core romp that delivers exactly what genre fans are looking for: a sentient dungeon experimenting with traps, evolving minions, and cracking jokes while doing it. Smidt's humor and the dungeon-building sequences carry the book through patches where the dialogue stumbles and the characters feel underwritten. It won't convert anyone who isn't already interested in LitRPG, and it doesn't try to. But within its niche, it's a fun read that moves quickly and doesn't take itself too seriously.