Best CasualFarmer Books

The best books by CasualFarmer — 5 titles spanning Fantasy, averaging 4.54 BLT stars.

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CasualFarmer built a devoted following by doing something almost unthinkable in xianxia cultivation fiction: making the hero put down his sword and pick up a hoe. Beware of Chicken is a deliberate, affectionate inversion of the genre's power-fantasy defaults — the protagonist Jin Rou walks away from brutal cultivation hierarchies to farm, and the series commits to that premise with warmth and genuine wit. The writing is unhurried and cozy without being saccharine, grounded in the rhythms of farm life while slowly revealing that kindness, patience, and honest work are their own kind of cultivation. Point-of-view chapters from the animals — including a deeply earnest rooster — shouldn't work as well as they do. Travis Baldree's narration is a perfect match for the tone. Readers burned out on relentless escalation and tournament arcs will find Beware of Chicken a genuine antidote.

CasualFarmer's highest-rated book in our collection is Beware of Chicken 3: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel (4.66 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    Beware of Chicken 3: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel

    Beware of Chicken • Book 3

    by CasualFarmer

    ★ 4.66 BLT Score (6.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (6.5K)
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    Beware of Chicken: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel

    Beware of Chicken • Book 1

    by CasualFarmer

    ★ 4.58 BLT Score (13.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (13.9K)
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    Beware of Chicken 2: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel

    Beware of Chicken • Book 2

    by CasualFarmer

    ★ 4.55 BLT Score (8.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (8.1K)
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    Beware of Chicken 4: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel

    Beware of Chicken • Book 4

    by CasualFarmer

    ★ 4.49 BLT Score (4.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (4.5K)
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    Beware of Chicken 5: A Xianxia Cultivation Novel: Beware of Chicken

    Beware of Chicken • Book 5

    by CasualFarmer

    ★ 4.42 BLT Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (2.4K)
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