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This series needs it own post! This is the most fun I have had reading a new book series since A Song of Ice and Fire. The premise sounded pretty silly at first, and I have never read a LitRPG book, but I blitzed through the entire series (7 books) in 2 weeks, about 90 hours on Audible, and I wish I could relive it all over again.

The story follows Carl and his cat, Princess Donut as they try to survive to the 18th level in an intergalactic game show, the World Dungeon. It is essentially a "video game" book as the characters gain new abilities, powers, and levels while exploring each level of the dungeon, which provides a new setting and objective in each book. The characters start very 2D before really getting fleshed out in subsequent books, but the constant throughout is the humor. This is the funniest fucking book I have ever listened to, multiple laugh out loud moments that made me look like a crazy person while listening in HEB. Extremely Surly brand of humor!

I highly recommend listening on Audible instead of just reading; the voice actor Jeff Hays is absolutely incredible. It is one dude, but you would legitimately think that it is a full cast. The audio also adds bonus sounds, and there is an "immersion tunnel" version that is even more insane with sound effects (this one was a bit much for my taste). The narration blows all other audio books out of the water.

If you are looking for a fun read that doesn't take itself too seriously, I promise you this is the one to start. It is soon to be adapted into a television show, and if done right, it has the potential to be one of the biggest IPs on the planet. It's Hunger Games meets Running Man meets South Park meets Fallout 4 all rolled into one easily consumable package. My entire friend group has been addicted, and I can guarantee the same here. God dammit Donut!

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Thanks for starting this. Awhile back I was between Dungeon Crawler Carl and Spells, Swords and Sheath by Drew Hayes. I ultimately went with SSS by Hayes and I raced through it. It was basically as you describe DCC. They seem like very similar series, but this rec has convinced me to try Dungeon Crawler Carl now

Here's a link to Spells Swords and Sheath if anyone is interested in it 

https://www.goodreads.com/series/167002-spells-swords-stealth

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12 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Thanks for starting this. Awhile back I was between Dungeon Crawler Carl and Spells, Swords and Sheath by Drew Hayes. I ultimately went with SSS by Hayes and I raced through it. It was basically as you describe DCC. They seem like very similar series, but this rec has convinced me to try Dungeon Crawler Carl now

Here's a link to Spells Swords and Sheath if anyone is interested in it 

https://www.goodreads.com/series/167002-spells-swords-stealth

I will check it out…after my third DCC reread

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My brother suggested DCC to me a while back and I added it to my audiobook queue.  Just finished it last week.  Absolutely brilliant!  The voice actin on the audiobook really takes it to the next level.  Need to get the next book.

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30 minutes ago, Hellraiser97 said:

My brother suggested DCC to me a while back and I added it to my audiobook queue.  Just finished it last week.  Absolutely brilliant!  The voice actin on the audiobook really takes it to the next level.  Need to get the next book.

The voice acting is truly incredible! Jeff Hays is incredible, makes the entire book come alive and turns all the characters 3D

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I've been listening on my road trip back from Minnesota. Wish I had listened on the way there. 

This is too easy to spoil so it's one of those iykyk type things. 

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I had cancelled my audible sub because I have been finding everything I needed on Libby but this looks like an audible only thing. Guess I will fire it back up, my stepdad told me about this a few months but I completely forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder

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I was in really early on DCC and it's awesome seeing how mainstream it's gotten. It's been optioned for a tv show being written by the Thor: Ragnarok writer and a Webtoon comic is starting out literally tomorrow. Definitely recommend checking out Dinniman's other book, Kaiju Battlefield Surgeon as well, darker in some ways than DCC and a lot of body horror but just as funny. 

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This series is on Kindle Unlimited to borrow for free.  It's pretty amusing and extremely creative.  Somehow, I like it better I think than Ready Player One.

I'm reading it, but I can see how hearing the text read could be extra hilarious.

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

This series is on Kindle Unlimited to borrow for free.  It's pretty amusing and extremely creative.  Somehow, I like it better I think than Ready Player One.

I'm reading it, but I can see how hearing the text read could be extra hilarious.

Absolutely worth the audiobook, I think there is a whispersync or something like that when you get the kindle version the audio is super cheap

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22 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

This series is on Kindle Unlimited to borrow for free.  It's pretty amusing and extremely creative.  Somehow, I like it better I think than Ready Player One.

I'm reading it, but I can see how hearing the text read could be extra hilarious.

I think I like Ready Player One a bit better for the blatant nostalgia, but Dungeon Crawler Carl is written better, and the story is better.

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Love Ready Player One, also Project Hail Mary is a great audio experience. Nothing holds a candle to DCC on audio,  I just finished my second relisten and just started at the beginning again. @immamac is flying through the books at an unheard of speed lol

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Enjoyed the first book.  Little ways into the second and I have this nagging fear that it's gonna be a little too MMPORGy for me.

That will get less and less as it goes along, especially after book 2. I didn’t care for some of those elements at first as well, keep going

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On 7/22/2025 at 9:04 PM, TwiceHorn said:

Enjoyed the first book.  Little ways into the second and I have this nagging fear that it's gonna be a little too MMPORGy for me.

Its not, they keep it around for structure but that's basically it.  

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1 hour ago, randomhorn said:

Just looked for it on Libby and they now have the audiobook version. However, it’s “narrated by a digital voice”… ☹️

That is an illegal copy. They are audible exclusive and trust me, you will want to listen to that version. I think @immamac may have a copy...

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10 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Dont love the animation style but still worth the read-

The Seth McFarland show is gonna be so good. 

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2 hours ago, immamac said:

The Seth McFarland show is gonna be so good. 

I need it to be with the invincible animation style in the dungeon but then switches to live action when they are in a safe room or interview or outside of the dungeon in general. Kinda like space ghost coast to coast

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25 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

I need it to be with the invincible animation style in the dungeon but then switches to live action when they are in a safe room or interview or outside of the dungeon in general. Kinda like space ghost coast to coast

I didn't realize they got Patrick Warburton to do his dad in book 6. Fucking hilarious. 

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5 hours ago, RGBIII said:

I need it to be with the invincible animation style in the dungeon but then switches to live action when they are in a safe room or interview or outside of the dungeon in general. Kinda like space ghost coast to coast

Author has said it's planned to be full live action, will be fascinating to see how they figure that out, especially when it starts getting really weird floor 3 onwards

 

8 hours ago, RGBIII said:

I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. Dont love the animation style but still worth the read-

I get it, I'm interested to see how gory they let it be and there's some things I'm sure that specifically for a comic you can get away with like having Carl start kinda scrawny and bulking him up with levels just for a visual effect. Anyways it's supposed to average a book per year. 

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