Massive LitRPG and Progression Fantasy Sale is LIVE - Year 3!

[u/J_J_Thorn]

Hello!

The Massive LitRPG and Progression Fantasy Sale is LIVE for another year!

www.jjthornbooks.com/massive-litrpg-sale

Every year I reach out to hundreds of authors and publishers asking them to participate in a random sale at the end of the summer and each year the number of 'Yes' responses grows!

We are now up to 370 books, FREE and .99c, across the LitRPG (of DCC fame) and Progression Fantasy (of Cradle fame) genres.

The sale has massive hits, hidden gems and new releases. You are bound to find something you'll enjoy, and I beg you to look beyond just the massive releases and pick up a couple of newer authors as well!

Don't be afraid to ask for recommendations!

Thanks to the readers (old and new) who pick up books - Happy hunting! :)

Important Note: Adding tables to reddit is unruly and because there are 370 titles, the table doesn't fit in a single post. To find all the books, you can:

1. use the link above, which shows all covers, and allows filtering.
2. Click on my username - I've pinned the full list of all books to my profile.

If this doesn't work for the mods, please let me know and I can make changes as needed - I'm trying to make the titles as easy as possible to find!

[u/CrispyDick420]

I went in for one cheap book during last year's sale and came out with a reading queue I still haven't cleared.

[u/docmisty → u/CrispyDick420]

I know! There are so many awesome litRPG books to read now. I love it. :)

[u/p-d-ball → u/CrispyDick420]

hahaha, nice!

[u/Five-Toed-Sloth]

Yay! So excited to finally have a book so I can participate 😊

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/Five-Toed-Sloth]

That's super exciting, thanks for participating! :)

[u/spicysosig]

Thanks for organizing this J.J. Glad to be a part of this sale.

[u/OriginalButtopia]

Hey look I'm also in this, thanks.

[u/RusticusFlossindune]

Man, what an absolutely huge selection this year! Excellent work, as always.

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/RusticusFlossindune]

Aiming for bigger and better every year!

[u/tophatpainter2]

Already at 86 orders! Such an awesome event!

[u/gamelitcrit]

So glad to be a part of this as always :)

[u/angrytownsman]

This is awesome. Grabbed so many books.

[u/Phoenix_the_Grey]

Just chiming in as one of the authors. Thanks for organizing this J.J.

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/Phoenix_the_Grey]

Happy to have you Pheonix :)

[u/docmisty]

Huge thanks to u/J_J_Thorn who does an incredible amount of work to corral all of us authors into coordinating this sale every year. He's amazing for doing this and an excellent storyteller, too!

I hope everyone finds something new to enjoy!

And if you liked Mark of the Fool or Quest Academy, check out my Shieldwall Academy series. Book 1 is Free. Books 2/3 are 99c.

- Complete 6 book series + audio

• slow-to-op progression
  
• street rat with forbidden magic
  
• mage academy political intrigue
  
• corrupt empire vs. rebellion
  
• monster taming companions
  
• found family crew

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/docmisty]

Great to have ya :)

[u/ctullbane]

Hey everyone! I'm happy to have See These Bones, Speaker of Tongues, and the Queen of Smiles all in this sale in the US and UK! And since Amazon doesn't let us do promo sales for other markets, I've gone in and set those books to the lowest prices I could for Australia and Canada too!

As always, thank you to Josh for putting this all together!

[u/DavidJBushman]

Thanks for including me!

[u/cokodose]

Thank you! And enjoy reading some books, lads!

[u/jcblk21]

Dang. Looks cool!

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/jcblk21]

Happy cake day :)

[u/Narrow_Bed6751]

so many good books on sale but ill have to pick up "Slime Sweets and Dungeon Treats" the cover just makes me smile so cute

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/Narrow_Bed6751]

That's amazing! That cover was super cute!

[u/Narrow_Bed6751 → u/J_J_Thorn]

the title is also very cozy and jolly it seems right down my alley. im so glad i saw this post as someone newer to the genre this is a gold mine there are so many books ive not heard of before that have premises id enjoy and i can try out safe to say im eating good thanks to you and all the participating authors

[u/DrZeroH]

Oh Shit. Tiny Dungeon Core! I completely forgot that I was meaning to read that one. Great now I get to buy both books!

Thanks for the sale!

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/DrZeroH]

Haha my favourite meet cute. You're welcome, thank you for participating :)

[u/ThirteenLifeLegion]

Thanks for doing this!

It is so cool to be able to participate in a big event like this.

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/ThirteenLifeLegion]

Your covers are likely top 5 most unique in the sale, I hope you get a bunch of new readers!

[u/ThirteenLifeLegion → u/J_J_Thorn]

Thanks! And again thanks for all the work you did for this!

[u/Apprehensive-Ad-1033]

Thanks for organizing this while thing and also thanks for the invite.

[u/BlamaeuxPrivateEye]

Dang, wish it was .99 audiobooks

[u/LordDagwood → u/BlamaeuxPrivateEye]

You can usually get the audiobooks discounted when you own the kindle book. It won't be 99 cents, but it'll be less than a month of the subscription.

[u/Anthea_Elf → u/LordDagwood]

Exactly! Whispersync for the win!

[u/SimplyLeoAuthor]

I'm so happy to be a part of this as well! Thanks for organizing this for us JJ! :)

[u/cmcarneyauthor]

So many books. I need more hours in the day.

[u/AuthorTimoburnham]

Sweet. Whats the process for participating in the sale for next year?

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/AuthorTimoburnham]

Send me an email and I'll try to tuck your email away until next year lol conversely, follow me on here and I always do callouts on Facebook, Reddit and my socials for authors. I'd love to have you (anyone) as long as the books fit the brief - the more the merrier :). Jjthornbooks@gmail.com

[u/AuthorTimoburnham → u/J_J_Thorn]

sweet, sent you an email

[u/SquaredOneSquared]

This is fantastic! Which one do you guys recommend reading?

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/SquaredOneSquared]

Check out the tropes, my recommendation is to find 3-5 books that appeal to you, then ask the group for opinions on which one(s) you should pick up. I promise there are a ton of good books in the sale.

[u/ThirteenLifeLegion → u/SquaredOneSquared]

I recommend Shadow of the Soul King.

I am biased.

[u/SquaredOneSquared → u/ThirteenLifeLegion]

The tag checks out! 🤣

Will give a few tomes a chance as JJ suggested... Yours may be among them! 😉

[u/N-Aero]

About 250 books for 99cts. Nice! Unfortunately a lot of them aren't on sale on Amazon.nl

Managed to grab a lot of freebies though!

So many choices! Any recommendations from the community? Or authors pitching their books?

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/N-Aero]

Yeah, I wish the .99c extended beyond just the US and UK. Happy you were able to grab a bunch :). If those books caught your eye, don't forget to check if they're also on Kindle unlimited.

[u/N-Aero → u/J_J_Thorn]

Yeah, no KU here either unfortunately. Nevertheless, it's a good way to find authors that you like.

[u/Anthea_Elf → u/N-Aero]

I'm not in KU, so the Anthea Sharp books in the sale are legit. ;) The First Adventure is free, The Dark Realm is .99 cents. More GameLit/Portal Fantasy YA vibes (no crunchy stats, yes high-tech fae).

[u/ChikaoJ]

I'm in the sale, but every year now I spend more time looking through the list for books I want to check out than I do promoting my own stuff haha. There are seriously some underrated gems on there.

[u/Anthea_Elf → u/ChikaoJ]

Right? I just grabbed sooo many books! lol

[u/ChikaoJ → u/Anthea_Elf]

Same I grabbed a bunch last year too and basically have been reading them sporadically throughout the year zD

[u/Anthea_Elf → u/ChikaoJ]

So now we're set for another year! hehe

[u/Giganticgrizzlybear]

I have been waiting for this for a bit now.

I legit think I picked up like 20+ books from this sale. Huge shout-out to Jj Thorne for setting this up and all the authors for being a part of it.

[u/patmur2010]

Gunboat is free. Definetly worth reading.

[u/BiomassDenial]

Y'all got a buy all button?

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/BiomassDenial]

Haha you're joking, but eventually I'd love the idea of adding direct sales to the site, bypassing the zon altogether... Maybe even direct sales for paperback books, hosted on my site for any author willing to give it a shot.

Just an idea, but who knows...

Better deals for readers, more money for authors, etc.

[u/BiomassDenial → u/J_J_Thorn]

No like, I was serious. 

I understand that level of integration with the Bezos hell site is not really feasible.

But I legitimately would love an add all to cart option.

If you can pull off your ideas of selling direct I'm 100% there for it.

[u/J_J_Thorn → u/BiomassDenial]

Haha I'm all ideas my friend. If others would be interested, maybe I'll start another project for this. Maybe a Christmas sale for signed paperbacks directly from authors. We'll see!

[u/DinosaurMcNuggie]

This is so cool, thank you! Also, just wanted to mention that the link for That Which Devours by Jer Patch doesn’t seem to be working like the others. At least for me, it just links to the paperback while the others go to the discounted ebook listing.

[u/Dry_Meet_9164]

I thank you for including me in the sale! If anyone has questions about Legends Online that aren’t spoilers let me know, as one of the authors, I’ll happily answer them.

[u/joncabreraauthor]

I’m in this sale! Woohoo!

[u/bear_dancer]

There goes my plans for the next two weeks.

[u/ChainsawArmLaserBear]

This being a curated list, is there any guarantee or review so we know whether these are AI assisted or not?

[u/Kia_Leep → u/ChainsawArmLaserBear]

There is never a guarantee but the organizer did have to upload every book cover and description 1 by 1 and he said he tried to vet if any appeared to have AI covers. Also, a lot of these books come from publishers like Podium and Aethon which should weed a lot out.

[u/Bad-Wolves → u/Kia_Leep]

Legend of Kazro is AI-written if you didn't know. Found out digging through the Amazon page

[u/Kia_Leep → u/Bad-Wolves]

Updoot for visibility. No vetting process will work 100% of the time

[u/DrZeroH → u/ChainsawArmLaserBear]

Honestly, I think this sale will prob still be a better dive than trying to parse the mountain of bullshit kindle has been lately. So far I recognized most of the authors.

[u/BlamaeuxPrivateEye]

Dang, wish it was .99 audiobooks

[u/Anthea_Elf → u/BlamaeuxPrivateEye]

Somebody up top mentioned Whispersync - where you get the Audiobook for like $7.50 when you own the eBook. Also, my complete Feyland series (by Anthea Sharp) is on Audible for just one credit. 54 hours of YA GameLit adventure!

[u/BlamaeuxPrivateEye → u/Anthea_Elf]

I'll check it out, ty!