All-new Battle Mage Farmer, Mark of the Fated and Chaos & Order – these are some of the most anticipated new LitRPG books in April 2023
Arcane knights, eldritch horrors and magic academies. From epic high fantasies and sprawling dungeon crawlers to battle mages and fallen dimensions. These are some of the best new LitRPG books in April 2023.
Complete with new titles, previous series, author info, what it’s about and links to pre-order and buy your copy right now.
Best New LitRPG Books in April 2023
Arcane Knight 3
Timothy McGowen, 2 April 2023
The third instalment in Timothy McGowen’s Chaos & Order litRPG series, Arcane Knight 3 sees Caldor and Warrick caught in a war between the Houses of Newalyn in the Southlands. And when Caldor is thrust into a leadership role as Knight in the battle, he must fight both political battles (while staying true to his Oath) and keep his men alive during skirmishes. But war has a way of changing people, and there might yet be a terrible cost to pay in Timothy McGowen’s Arcane Knight 3.

Genre Fantasy Author Timothy McGowen Home Modesto, California, US
Publisher Rising Tower Books | Buy it
Duskbringer
Actus, 4 April 2023
The third book in Actus’ My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror litRPG series sees Damien strike an uneasy truce with the dark force to stabilise the Mortal Plane. But laying low is not easy with competition ramping up ahead of the big upcoming intraschool tournament. To make matters worse, other forces still conspire for control of the Mortal Plane, and a stranger arrives with a secret that could change everything in Actus’ all-new Duskbringer.

Genres Fantasy, Mystery Author Actus Home Unknown
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
Mark of the Fated 2
Ricky Fleet, 7 April 2023
The second instalment in Ricky Fleet’s Mark of the Fated series sees hero Mark barely catch a breath after saving the first world from orcs before heading straight into tech and dinosaur trouble in world two. Someone’s been breeding deadly prehistoric predators to release onto an unsuspecting population, and it’s once again up to Mark to stop the tyranny (and tyrannosaurs!). Except, this time, the evil forces are onto him and Sunlight and they’ll stop at nothing to see this apocalypse through in Ricky Fleet’s new Mark of the Fated 2.

Genre Fantasy Author Ricky Fleet Home Portsmouth, UK
Publisher Self | Buy it
Mark of the Fool 3
JM Clarke, 11 April 2023
The third book in JM Clarke’s magic-academy series, Mark of the Fool, sees Alex Roth taking extra classes to build up his magic skills over the summer – he has to, considering what he’d learnt about the kingdom in his first year. But now the university expedition to Thameland comes under demonic attack and conspiracies brew all around. Can he keep his secret in the midst of all this? Let’s find out in JM Clarke’s Mark of the Fool 3.

Genres Fantasy, Magic, Academy Author JM Clarke
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
Arcoplex
Dakota Krout, Dennis Vanderkerken, 12 April 2023
Things get weirder (if that’s possible) in the 14th book in Dennis Vanderkerken and Dakota Krout’s Artorian’s Archives series. In Arcoplex, beloved headmaster turned mage turned… whatever else… Artorian is now the Administrator of a new realm, Eternia Beta. Fortunately, in the first round, he defeats the Task Manager and a new run can begin properly, if he can just sort out the never-ending bugs in the system, in Dennis Vanderkerken’s Acroplex.

Genres Fantasy, Dungeons Authors Dakota Krout, Dennis Vanderkerken
Publisher Mountaindale Press | Buy it
He Who Fights With Monsters 9
Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell, 18 April 2023
Book 9 in Shirtaloon and Travis Deverell’s He Who Fights With Monsters series sees once-normal Australian Jason eager to leave the politics behind and get back to journeying (and putting all his new power to the test). New threats come to the fore on the road, though. And soon Jason can’t help but wonder if his newfound powers don’t make him closer related to the enemies he’s fighting than those he’s protecting. His foes seem to think so, that he’s just another tool they can manipulate. Clearly, they haven’t met the real Jason yet. But we will in He Who Fights With Monsters 9.

Genres Fantasy Authors Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
Fermentation: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure
Seth Ring, 21–22 February 2023
The fourth instalment in Seth Ring’s Battle Mage Farmer series sees magic farmer John and the gang quite surprised to find the apocalypse a lot more peaceful than one would have imagined. Too peaceful perhaps… So they keep farming, stabilising the world’s mana supply, when suddenly war breaks out in the capital and a tower of mages appears to enslave everyone in the valley. His failure to halt the apocalypse could indeed spell the end of everything he’s worked to achieve this far in Seth Ring’s new Fermentation.

Genres Fantasy Author Seth Ring
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
Defiance of the Fall 9
JF Brink, 25 April 2023
Little is known about the ninth book in JF Brink’s Defiance of the Fall series. Zac has come a long way since the planet was thrust into an unfeeling and treacherous multiverse of new worlds. We’ve seen a human not only survive the perils of uncountable worlds of enemies with unfathomable powers but actually start to build his own Cultivation powers. After the battle for the dimensional seed and the once-in-a-millennium challenge at Twilight Ascension, what comes next for Zac in Defiance of the Fall 9?

Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, LitRPG
Author JF Brink (TheFirstDefier) More info on Defiance of the Fall
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
About LitRPG
Literary Role Playing Games (LitRPG), aka Progression Fantasy or GameLit is an exciting genre of novels that blends the traditional reading book experience with gaming – usually table-top gaming or similarly inspired styles and game mechanics. If you like sci-fi and fantasy gaming and books, you’ll love LitRPG.
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