A list of LitRPG books that have broken into Top 100.

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  1. Jayden

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    Hey everyone.

    I'm a fan of lists.

    I was wondering if anyone has been keeping a list of LitRPG books that have broken into the overall Top 100 Amazon Kindle Bestsellers list?

    Recently, Super Sales on Super Heroes spent about 9 days inside the Top 100, but I'm not sure how high it got or if it set the record for being inside the Top 100 for the longest period of time.

    I dig Top 100 lists (and top 10 lists) and lists.... In fact, one of my favorite books in the 1970s was this The Book of Lists...
    The original hardback version.
    Perhaps this is a disease...
    I don't know.

    Anyway, I think the following books have cracked the Top 100:
    Aleron's last book (I don't know how many before that).
    Awaken Online book 2, but I'm not sure about book 1.
    I think maybe Edward Castle's book broke the Top 100, but I'm not sure, maybe it only got close.
    And Ramon's book did for sure, I remember watching it pass into the glorious territory of immorality.

    OH, wait, that's immortality. Sorry.

    So, yeah, it would be kind of cool to keep track.
     
    Jayden, May 21, 2017
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  2. Paul Bellow

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    Great idea. We can call them LitRPG Legends or something and keep a running thread.

    Let's make this that thread.
     
    Paul Bellow, May 21, 2017
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    Mahanenko does at each releases. About half of MDB books does actually
     
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    We should ask Simon Vale to give us a list!
     
    Paul Bellow, Jun 9, 2017
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    Is he on the forum? Else i will send him an invite
     
    Cadwe, Jun 9, 2017
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    Not yet, I don't believe. Please do if you get a chance. We'd love to have him.
     
    Paul Bellow, Jun 9, 2017
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    I invited someone from LitWorld too - another russian who was promoting Fayroll...
     
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    I'll invite a few VIP's XD
     
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    Gold bounties if you get 'em! ;)
     
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    With the number of readers (and authors for that matter) we have here there's no reason we shouldn't be reading and reviewing our own work. We need to support each other. IMHO
     
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    I've got mixed feelings about this one. I know Amazon frowns on authors reviewing authors. When one author leaves other authors 1 or 2 stars because they're "not LitRPG" in his opinion, it's a problem, imho. We also have authors giving other authors five stars, which also shouldn't be happening. Let the books stand on their own. There's many other ways to support other authors. The genre is going to continue blowing up over the next 9 to 12 months, so I don't really see a reason for authors to be reviewing other authors. Maybe it's just me, tho? I come from romance where that's a big no-no.
     
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    Hey, guys! In fact, nobody of our authors had made the the top-100 yet. Even Vasily Mahanenko. Closest result was top-133 (if I remember correctly). And now I don't think it is possible at all. There're too many LitRPG authors and books and despite that amount of readers is growing, their focus on particular author became blurred, so... If it had happened, we'd have cried about it for a long time because it'd be the first time EVER Russian author made top-100 amazon... But, alas...
     
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    Let's see what we as a community can do for your next launch. What do you have dropping next? ;)
     
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    Also, @SimonVale ... I added you to the LitRPG Author group here, so a few new forums should open up for you on the homepage. I know you're not technically an author (?) but you represent some good ones!
     
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    Thanks, Paul! I'll check it out. As a community you've done more than enough for us. Nobody before us could sell translated russian fantasy successfully. And we are. And it's all would never happen without you. We're very grateful but we don't want to get greedy, so we'll just keep doing what we do to bring you more Russian talented writers, that's it.

    We're launching the second Dark Paladin soon but there is no chance it'd hit top-100. There has to be KU for that to happen at least (and it won't be).
     
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    I really liked the first one, but there was mixed review about it. hopefully it goes well

    Im curious, who decides on KU or not?
     
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    It's hard to hit top 100 w/out KU unless you're spending a lot on FB ads, imho.

    Keep up the great work!
     
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    well, we do. For our authors. Sometimes it's hard decision but we're responsible for their success partly so we're doing our best to make the best choice
     
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    If your word count / pages is long enough, KU usually makes sense because you hit higher ranks. I know Michael Stanley Earl has moved back into KU, and I think I heard Blaise Corvin might be going back in too. Definitely a hard decision, though.
     
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