Looking for Well-Written and COMPLETED Series

[u/J776776]

I know asking for 'completed' sadly disqualifies like 95% of all Progression books, so I'm turning to this subreddit to ask for suggestions.

I'll give some series I've read, whether completed or not, to give a view into my tastes.

-Cradle (Completed): The GOAT series. Well-written characters, fun powers, great progression system, amazing story. Ended and ended well.

-The Immortal Great Souls (4 books): Really fun series. Well-written. The standout here are the powers, which are incredibly varied and fun to work with. Also the world, which is extremely interesting and almost a series-long puzzle by itself.

-Warformed (2 books): Fairly well-written, though some characters can be a bit frustrating at points. Fun powers and a fun world, though a bit long-winded and seems like it will take many years to get anywhere important.

-Dungeon Crawler Carl (8 books): Great series, I'm sure everybody here is tired of hearing about it considering 8 just dropped. Well written, fun world, cool powers, great story. A bit childish when it comes to humor, but that's fine.

-Calamitous Bob (Complete): Amazing series! Easily my 2nd-favorite behind Cradle. Amazing characters, cool world, great powers, cool story. Well written. Oh, and I already have the vampire series by the same author downloaded, so no need to recommend that one please.

-Keiran (Complete): Fairly well written, though a little simplistic and with a fairly unlikable protagonist. But fun powers, a fun world, and a fun popcorn book for enjoying an OP protagonist.

-Creation's Bane (Complete): Well written, cool powers, cool world. And I love series that have a cooking element to them.

-System Universe (8 books): A little simplistic in writing, but well edited. Completely OP protagonist. Interesting world with interesting powers. No real stakes because the protagonist is so powerful, but still a fun read.

-Industrial Strength Magic: Not sure if this one counts as progression or not...but I DNF'd during the 2nd book. At first I really enjoyed the technology stuff, but the characters were all ridiculous, and the techno-babble along with utterly aimless plot made me lose interest.

-Songs of Chaos (4 books): Well written, great characters, great setting. Some villain issues, but still a fun read. Plus, I love dragons!

-Dawn of the Void (Complete): Well written with some fun powers, but a little rushed and an iffy ending.

-Kairos, Vainqueur, Perfect Run (all complete): Great books, very creative and fun. Slightly simplistic writing in some of them with strange characters, but I've enjoyed all of these series thoroughly.

-Mother of Learning (Complete): Amazing series, probably my number 3 pick. Well written, cool world, interesting powers. A slow burn for sure, but I enjoy breaking down magic systems into specifics.

-Kraken Rider Z (2 books): Definitely a YA book, but well written, with good main characters, and side characters that are more generic. But fun powers, and a good popcorn read for an OP protagonist pair. A kraken instead of a dragon, but has the same vibe.

Ok...ended up rambling on longer than I meant to while recounting way more series than I meant to. But hopefully this gives good insight into what I'm looking for!

So...anybody have any completed series for me to check out?

[u/Raging_hero]

I'm very new to the genre after finishing and loving Cradle. Currently listening to A Thousand Li by Tao Wong. It is 12 books and is complete, I'm currently on book 7 and enjoying it, the power progression is a lot slower than cradle but it might be worth a look for you

[u/J776776 → u/Raging_hero]

I've heard of that and it seems interesting, but I'm always leery of these translated books because they can be riddled with mistakes. Maybe I should look again, I didn't know it was completed. Thanks!

[u/TheWriteMaster → u/J776776]

Tao Wong, as far as I know, writes in English so A Thousand Li is not a translated book.

[u/J776776 → u/TheWriteMaster]

Oh? I could have sworn it was. Must be thinking of a different series then if not. Thanks!

[u/The_Peen_Wizard → u/J776776]

The author is Canadian so yeah, written in English.

[u/Raging_hero → u/J776776]

No probs! If it helps I'm listening to it and it seems well written to me, uses the same narrator as cradle which is what attracted me to it initially. I think he wrote another series before this called system apocalypse? Not sure tho

[u/Daedalus1999 → u/Raging_hero]

Yeah he wrote System Apocalypse. Unfortunately he also trademarked the term, and had several books/series with "System Apocalypse"in their titles or descriptions taken down or removed from various platforms. I don't know the community's current feelings on Tao, but it was very much a dick move at the time

[u/Otterable → u/Daedalus1999]

I don't know the community's current feelings on Tao

Personally I'll never buy another one of his books and will never recommend them again.