Best TurtleMe Books
TurtleMe built one of progression fantasy's most devoted fanbases with The Beginning after the End, a series that launched as a web novel and grew into a sprawling, emotionally ambitious epic. The premise — a reincarnated king rebuilding his identity in a world of magic and monsters — sounds familiar, but TurtleMe pushes past isekai conventions with genuinely layered worldbuilding and a protagonist whose growth feels earned across hundreds of chapters. The writing is propulsive and addictive, with escalating stakes that make volumes like Divergence and Convergence feel like genuine turning points rather than filler arcs. Where TurtleMe excels is in the long game: relationships, sacrifices, and power dynamics accumulate meaning over time. Readers who bounce off traditional fantasy pacing and crave the compulsive momentum of progression fiction — with real emotional weight underneath — will find this series nearly impossible to put down.
Where to Start with TurtleMe
- Best entry point → Apotheosis: The Beginning After the End
- What readers keep coming back to → Beckoning Fates
- Highest rated by readers → Reckoning (The Beginning after the End #9)
Best TurtleMe Books
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Retribution
The Beginning after the End • Book 10
by TurtleMe
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Arthur Leywin's return to conquered Dicathen with godlike power shifts the war's balance, though he refuses to become the deity-replacement his desperate people crave.
★ 4.61 Goodreads (2.7K ratings) - 3
Providence
The Beginning after the End • Book 11
by TurtleMe
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Arthur Leywin seeks the mysterious power known as Fate while his most dangerous enemies acquire devastating new abilities that could determine the war's outcome.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.3K ratings) - 4
Beckoning Fates
The Beginning after the End • Book 3
by TurtleMe
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At Xyrus Academy, Arthur hopes to push his magical abilities further, but his reincarnated memories and immense power have bred dangerous overconfidence. Travis Baldree's narration captures Arthur's internal struggle between wisdom and youthful recklessness perfectly.
★ 4.38 Goodreads (8.1K ratings) - 5
Apotheosis: The Beginning After the End
by TurtleMe
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Arthur Leywin's victory reshapes his world's power structure, but mysterious mana-stealing energy and asura lords plotting his world's destiny create greater dangers than before.
★ 5.00 Goodreads (3 ratings) - 6
Amongst the Fallen
The Beginning after the End #8.5 • Book 8
by TurtleMe
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After Arthur's disappearance and Dicathen's fall, Mica, Lilia, Emily, and Jasmine must choose between accepting Vritra rule or continuing a seemingly hopeless resistance.
★ 4.04 Goodreads (611 ratings)