I consider You should pay attention to "More than a Game" series written by A. Vasyliev. It is an irresistible literature composition which comprehensively reperesents the genre of LitRPG. This story has very interesting plot: the main idea is to show that one day typical life of common man can be changed beyond recognition - there is another reality which exists in parallel to real world. And this story nerrates about the way the main character goes in the universe of gaming. So, I really think this book is worth to be read))
Janet Edwards - I already posted somewhere about her book, Reaper. People will say its not LitRPG though.
A good recommendation is still a good recommendation. I trust people I talk to regularly to tell me a book is good than some random reviews that may or may not be about said book haha.