Best Matt Dinniman Books

The Butcher's Masquerade

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 5

by Matt Dinniman

Book five throws our dungeon crawlers into a prehistoric hunting ground where velociraptors are the least of their problems. The mysterious end-floor celebration promises answers about the aliens destroying Earth.

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Book five throws our dungeon crawlers into a prehistoric hunting ground where velociraptors are the least of their problems. The mysterious end-floor celebration promises answers about the aliens destroying Earth.

This Inevitable Ruin

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

by Matt Dinniman

Floor nine brings Faction Wars: nine alien-sponsored armies battling for a central castle in the Dungeon Crawler system's most elaborate death match yet.

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Floor nine brings Faction Wars: nine alien-sponsored armies battling for a central castle in the Dungeon Crawler system's most elaborate death match yet.

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 6

by Matt Dinniman

Floor eight scatters our heroes across a realm of forgotten gods and deadly politics while the dungeon's AI systems crumble—bedlam has never been so entertaining.

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Floor eight scatters our heroes across a realm of forgotten gods and deadly politics while the dungeon's AI systems crumble—bedlam has never been so entertaining.

The Gate of the Feral Gods

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 4

by Matt Dinniman

Four castles, fifteen days, and warrior gnomes in a floating fortress—what could go wrong? Dinniman amps up both danger and comedy as Carl faces his most challenging dungeon level yet.

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Four castles, fifteen days, and warrior gnomes in a floating fortress—what could go wrong? Dinniman amps up both danger and comedy as Carl faces his most challenging dungeon level yet.

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 2

by Matt Dinniman

Earth's survivors are trapped in a deadly dungeon game show, and Carl just wants to keep his cat alive through the next level. Dinniman's LitRPG satire skewers both gaming culture and reality TV with gleeful violence.

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Earth's survivors are trapped in a deadly dungeon game show, and Carl just wants to keep his cat alive through the next level. Dinniman's LitRPG satire skewers both gaming culture and reality TV with gleeful violence.

L'Ogive du Jugement dernier

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 2

by Matt Dinniman, Chloé Atangana

The deadly dungeon crawler reality show continues as Carl and his cat companion must choose character builds that will define their survival—or doom them completely.

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The deadly dungeon crawler reality show continues as Carl and his cat companion must choose character builds that will define their survival—or doom them completely.

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 1

by Matt Dinniman

Earth gets turned into a sadistic alien game show where humans must navigate deadly dungeons for entertainment value. Dinniman balances apocalyptic horror with dark comedy, creating a surprisingly heartfelt story about finding humanity in the most dehumanizing circumstances.

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Earth gets turned into a sadistic alien game show where humans must navigate deadly dungeons for entertainment value. Dinniman balances apocalyptic horror with dark comedy, creating a surprisingly heartfelt story about finding humanity in the most dehumanizing circumstances.

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 3

by Matt Dinniman

The deadly game show intensifies as Carl navigates a knot of interconnected subway systems where spatial logic breaks down completely. Dinniman somehow makes interdimensional public transit both hilarious and terrifying.

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The deadly game show intensifies as Carl navigates a knot of interconnected subway systems where spatial logic breaks down completely. Dinniman somehow makes interdimensional public transit both hilarious and terrifying.

A Parade of Horribles

Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 8

by Matt Dinniman

Floor ten presents deceptively normal racing competitions where coming in last place means more than just losing—it means elimination from a game that's already consumed most of humanity.

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Floor ten presents deceptively normal racing competitions where coming in last place means more than just losing—it means elimination from a game that's already consumed most of humanity.

The Hobgoblin Riot

Dominion of Blades • Book 2

by Matt Dinniman

Dinniman's LitRPG sequel proves that no plan survives contact with Popper's spectacular ability to turn routine reconnaissance into world-threatening chaos and unexpected quests.

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Dinniman's LitRPG sequel proves that no plan survives contact with Popper's spectacular ability to turn routine reconnaissance into world-threatening chaos and unexpected quests.

Dominion of Blades

Dominion of Blades • Book 1

by Matt Dinniman

Thirty years of virtual sword-and-sorcery gaming ends when immersion technology kills players in real life, driving Dominion of Blades underground where the danger intensifies.

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Thirty years of virtual sword-and-sorcery gaming ends when immersion technology kills players in real life, driving Dominion of Blades underground where the danger intensifies.

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman

Oliver Lewis just wants to run his family ranch, but Earth gamers have turned his planet into their latest conquest target in this high-concept blend of rural life and interplanetary warfare.

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Oliver Lewis just wants to run his family ranch, but Earth gamers have turned his planet into their latest conquest target in this high-concept blend of rural life and interplanetary warfare.