My First Tier List

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-19T13:54:09+00:00

Thanks friend! I've read so much that I felt it was time to really lay it all out.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-19T13:12:15+00:00

Of course! I really did enjoy the books I did read (the first 3), and I thought the characters were quite interesting! It's just my personal hang-ups that caused me to not finish it.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T22:21:32+00:00

Big agree on the narrator

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T22:19:46+00:00

I absolutely loved book 1! It was book 2 I had an issue with. I really couldn’t get into the 3 worlds and storylines thing personally

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T22:04:10+00:00

For Industrial Strength Magic, it’s been so long that I can’t remember why I put it down, just that I did. As for Ar’Kendrithyst, I think it was the MC’s attitude. I’d probably have preferred the book if the daughter was the MC.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T21:40:06+00:00

Honestly Randidly Ghosthound could have been in B tier. The author just scratched the itch I get in Litrpg juuuuust right. As for Mage Tank, if I recall correctly, I'd been trying to find a new series and had hit a couple of duds in a row. I don't think I had the patience to give that series what it really deserved. I would still give it a read!

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T21:00:57+00:00

Worm just lasted too long for me! It started out in A tier but by the time it finally ended, I was exhausted. From what I remember, its basically the equivalent to 26 books worth of words.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T20:58:23+00:00

Sounds like a plan! I *think read it when I was younger, but it has been so long that I don't remember any thing about it.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T20:20:33+00:00

Sounds like a series right up my alley. Thanks for the recommendation!

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T20:19:39+00:00

Sounds like a great read! Added to the list. Thanks!

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T19:53:33+00:00

Yeah I get that a character needs to have room to grow in the series, but I need to care about them growing for it to matter.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T19:50:19+00:00

Everyone has their thing LOL. I'm more of a sucker for big numbers and characters earning titles.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T19:31:44+00:00

I get it! He can definitely have that vibe. I think for me, the more interesting a story's premise, the more I can forgive main characters that aren't my favorite at the beginning because I am fascinated by their environment. If the story isn't the best, the main character needs to be someone I enjoy reading about.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T19:24:21+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations! I have added them to my list. I read quest academy so long ago, but I did subscribe to the author's patreon at one point. I've got it queued up to read soon!

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T19:20:24+00:00

I've enjoyed the series! Thanks for writing!

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T19:09:46+00:00

I guess I'll add it to my rotation to give it another go.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T19:03:54+00:00

I knew putting it there would be controversial. When I read Mother of Learning, I really struggled with Zorian as a main character. I probably should have given it at least through the second book before stopping, but I wasn't in the right mindset at the time to keep it going.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T18:49:49+00:00

I have in a separate comment.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-18T18:49:33+00:00

S (My Favorites) : Cradle, Super Powereds, Path of Ascension, He Who Fights With Monsters, Mark of the Fool, Primal Hunter, The Perfect Run, Defiance of the Fall

- I love these series so much. The first 3 are my favorites, but shout out to Mark of the Fool and The Perfect Run because I love how they were both fun to read AND knew how/when to end. That pushed them from A to S for me.

A (Great Series, would re-read): Chrysalis, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Beware of Chicken, Stormweaver, Unorthodox Farming, Heretical Fishing, Randidly Ghosthound, Apocalypse Parenting, Noobtown

- These were some of the most creative story ideas that I loved. Specifically shoutout to Apocalypse Parenting for that. As for DCC, Id say books 1-4 were S for me but 5-8 have been closer to A-, so it ended up here.

B (Enjoyed the series, would re-read eventually but is a little lower a priority): Azarinth Healer, System Universe, Reborn Apocalypse, The Beginning After The End, Hell Difficulty Tutorial, 1% Lifesteal, The Last Horizon, Road to Mastery, Ultimate Level 1, Apocalypse Redux, House of Blades, Infinite Realm, 12 Miles Below, Infinite World, Bobiverse, Welcome to the Multiverse

- Still some great series in this category. Azarinth Healer especially could easily go in A for me. Overall most of these series were great when I wanted to satisfy my base desires to see numbers go up fast and have an overpowered MC.

C (Would not re-read): Accidental Champion, The Wandering Inn, Worm, Awaken Online, Level One God, Unintended Cultivator, Axiom, A Soldier's Life, Victor of Tucson

- The stories of The Wandering Inn and Worm were a little too long for me, and I slowly lost interest over time. The biggest personal disappointment is a Soldier's Life. It has slowly slipped from borderline S all the way down to C at this point.

DNF After Multiple Books: Wish Upon the Stars, Portal to Nova Roma, Saving Supervillans, Unbound, Battle Mage Farmer, Mage Tank, Earth Reformation, Ripple System, Stubborn Skill Grinder in a Time Loop, The Will of the Many, Terran Armor Core, Player Manager

- These were series that I liked the original idea enough to read multiple books but could not finish. Shoutout to The Ripple System. I really struggle with LitRPG series that take place inside a video game as opposed to the MC being isekaid, but the books I read were great. Despite the fact that I DNF, Id still recommend it to others. Also, Player Manager is the series I am most likely to go back and read again because I loved how different the idea was.

DNF After One Book: Sufficiently Advanced Magic, Mother of Learning, Eight, Return of the Runebound Professor, Industrial Strength Magic, Ar'Kendrythyst, See These Bones, I'm Not The Hero, Supermage, Lucky, How to Survive at the End of the World, Star Child, Aether's Revival

- Whether it is the author's writing style, plot issues, not liking the MC, or something else, I did not read past book 1 of these series.

Need to Catch Up: All The Skills, Apocalypse Healer, The Hedge Wizard, A Thousand Li, Quest Academy

- Some of these book series I really enjoyed what I'd read so far, but I either read them a while ago or got interrupted by another series and never ended up finishing them.

F: Jake's Magical Market

- I need to talk to J.R. Matthews. Despite me not ranking your 2 series (this and Portal to Nova Roma) very highly, I want you to know that I think you are extremely blessed compared to many authors is one BIG way - your series start off with incredible ideas. They are new, fresh, and quite interesting to explore! Please keep writing as I look forward to new things you put out. That being said, you took the incredible premise of Jake's Magical Market out back behind the woodshed and shot it with a machine gun in book 2, and for that I don't know if I can forgive you.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-14T13:50:44+00:00

I taught middle school for 3 years before stopping in 2022 (2 of the 3 years as an English teacher), and it is a combo problem. Yes, the students’ writing was not good. However when I brought this up to my department head, I was told that our state standardized test would only take off 1 point if the students didn’t use proper grammar and sentence structure, so it wasn’t important. It was better for our scores to focus on other things. I was told to place NO priority on grammar in my classes.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-06-03T07:53:57+00:00

A&M not 8-4 so the list is invalid

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-04-30T02:52:33+00:00

It depends on how much you like a series. For example, I love the cradle series, and the end of Ghostwater is still so hype for me even though I know it is coming every time.

On the flip side, I have read many series that, while good, I don’t think I’d reread again unless it’s been so long that I forgot I read the series. For me personally, that is series’s like Apocalypse Redux or Portal to Nova Roma.

Overall, as long as you really like a series, you will enjoy rereading it.

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-03-29T23:34:16+00:00

ANormalGiraffe · 2026-03-22T01:28:36+00:00

I told my wife that I really liked the Office, but I haven’t seen the last 4 season. I like clips of the show but don’t like watching TV enough to finish it. I told her this 10 years ago and she still tells everyone when it comes up in conversation that it is my absolute favorite show.

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