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Worm

Worm is a sprawling dark fantasy web novel created by Wildbow. The story follows Hogue, a young man who becomes entangle...

Dark Fantasy Superhero English Wildbow

9.4 Excellent

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Dungeon Crawler Carl is a web novel where an ordinary office worker finds himself trapped within a dungeon with a myster...

Dungeon English System Royalroad

8.9 Great

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A Practical Guide to Evil

“A Practical Guide to Evil is a web-novel series exploring a fantasy world governed by established narrative conventions...

Fantasy English Anti Hero Subversive

8.8 Great

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Mother of Learning

Mother of Learning is a fantasy web serial by nobody103 published on FictionPress starting in 2011, notable for its intr...

Fantasy Time Loop Magic English

8.7 Great

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Peculiar Soul

Peculiar Soul is a web novel exploring a fantasy world blending early industrial technology with intricate magic. The st...

Fantasy Progression English War

8.7 Great

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Forge of Destiny

Forge of Destiny is a Xianxia web serial by Yrsillar started in 2017, notable for originating on the Questionable Questi...

English Female Lead Xianxia Cultivation

8.6 Great

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The Wandering Inn

The Wandering Inn is a fantasy LitRPG web serial by pirateaba, started in 2016, notable for its immense length and focus...

Fantasy Isekai Slice Of Life English

8.5 Great

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Super Supportive

Super Supportive is a superhero web serial by Alexander Wales started in 2020, highly regarded for its realistic world-b...

Progression School Superhero English

8.5 Great

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Virtuous Sons: A Greco Roman Xianxia

Virtuous Sons: A Greco Roman Xianxia is a web serial by Mac_Collin that began in 2020, creatively fusing Chinese cultiva...

English Xianxia Cultivation Greco Roman

8.5 Great

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Twig

Twig is a biopunk horror web serial by John C. McCrae, published in 2015, notable for its alternate history setting wher...

Dark English Biopunk Wildbow

8.2 Great

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Unsong

Unsong is an alternate history fantasy web serial by Scott Alexander published in 2016, blending Jewish mysticism, Kabba...

Fantasy Wordpress Comedy English

8.1 Great

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Super Powereds

Super Powereds is a superhero web serial by Drew Hayes, notable for its detailed focus on college-aged students with uns...

Wordpress Progression School Superhero

8.0 Great

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Beware of Chicken

Beware of Chicken is a slice-of-life web serial by CasualFarmer started in 2021, notable for its comedic and cozy decons...

Slice Of Life English Xianxia Cultivation

7.8 Good

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This Used to Be About Dungeons

This Used to Be About Dungeons is a fantasy web serial by Alexander Wales, notable for its slice-of-life approach and fo...

Fantasy Dungeon English Cozy

7.8 Good

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Ward

Ward is a 2017 superhero web serial by John C. McCrae that serves as the direct sequel to his highly popular and critica...

Sequel Superhero English Wildbow

7.7 Good

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Mark of the Fool

Mark of the Fool is a progression fantasy web serial by J.M. Clarke, notable for its magic academy setting and its prota...

Fantasy Progression English Royalroad

7.7 Good

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A Journey of Black and Red

A Journey of Black and Red is an alternate history vampire web serial by Mecanimus started in 2021, notable for its deta...

Fantasy Historical Vampire English

7.7 Good

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The Gods are Bastards

The Gods are Bastards is a high fantasy web serial by D. D. Webb started in 2014, known for its massive cast of characte...

Fantasy Wordpress Comedy English

7.6 Good

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Beneath the Dragoneye Moons

Beneath the Dragoneye Moons is a LitRPG web serial by Selkie Myth started in 2020, notable for its expansive worldbuildi...

Progression English Female Lead Royalroad

7.4 Good

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Threadbare

Threadbare is a LitRPG web serial by Andrew Seiple about a sentient teddy bear navigating a magical world, notable for i...

Crafting English Royalroad Litrpg

7.4 Good