Best Matt Dinniman Books

The best books by Matt Dinniman — 12 titles spanning Fantasy, Sci-Fi, averaging 4.49 BLT stars.

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Matt Dinniman turned dungeon fantasy into something absurdist, satirical, and genuinely hard to put down. His Dungeon Crawler Carl series takes a gonzo premise — a man and his princess cat forced to survive a televised, underground apocalypse — and runs with it at full speed, piling on dark humor, sharp political commentary, and increasingly unhinged set pieces. The writing is fast, loose, and self-aware without becoming a parody of itself; Dinniman earns his laughs while still landing emotional gut punches. Carl's Doomsday Scenario and The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook escalate the chaos perfectly, each book finding new ways to break the rules Dinniman just spent chapters establishing. If you like LitRPG that doesn't take itself too seriously but takes its characters seriously, this is the series. The audiobook productions with Jeff Hays are particularly excellent — practically radio drama quality.

Matt Dinniman's highest-rated book in our collection is The Butcher's Masquerade (4.88 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    The Butcher's Masquerade

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 5

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.88 BLT Score (108.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.69 Goodreads (108.1K)
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    This Inevitable Ruin

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.87 BLT Score (74.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K)
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    The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 6

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.83 BLT Score (91.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.66 Goodreads (91.7K)
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    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 1

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.80 BLT Score (284.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (284.3K)
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    The Gate of the Feral Gods

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 4

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.79 BLT Score (125.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (125.6K)
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    Carl's Doomsday Scenario

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 2

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.78 BLT Score (187.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (187.5K)
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    The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 3

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.75 BLT Score (152.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (152.4K)
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    Operation Bounce House

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.26 BLT Score (10.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (10.8K)
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    The Hobgoblin Riot

    Dominion of Blades • Book 2

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.20 BLT Score (2.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (2.8K)
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    A Parade of Horribles

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 8

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.17 BLT Score (650 ratings)
    ★ 4.71 Goodreads (650)
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    Dominion of Blades

    Dominion of Blades • Book 1

    by Matt Dinniman

    ★ 4.05 BLT Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (4.3K)
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    L'ogive du jugement dernier

    by Matt Dinniman, Chloé Atangana - traducteur

    ★ 3.54 BLT Score (0 ratings)
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