Has anyone else tried to get Goodreads to add litrpg as a sub-genre?

[Yes]

It's really a pain to try to find new litrpg on goodreads. All the shelved stuff and the lists are the same books I keep running into. I sent them an email asking if they could add litrpg as a sub-genre to Fantasy or Sci-Fi, but their response was to look at the shelved stuff. They have stuff like "Fantasy of manners" and "Unicorns" as sub-genres for fantasy but no litrpg? I'm sure more people look for litrpg versus those sub-genres. Maybe if more people reached out to them?

[Allan]

I never even think to look here for books. I just go to 'zon and type in litrpg there.

[GaiusPrimus, Kindle Wizard]

You could always look at the thread with the booklists.

[Lance]

look at my profile and litrpg section. sort by rating. if you have same taste as me, then you have a few hundred litRPG 4 or 5 star books to choose from.

[Travis]

Lance wrote: "look at my profile and litrpg section. sort by rating. if you have same taste as me, then you have a few hundred litRPG 4 or 5 star books to choose from."

Feel free to check my litrpg shelf. I read a lot, and there's plenty on there. You may not agree with my ratings, and that's fine, but it will give you several hundred books to look at. I do clump LitRPG and Gamelit on the same shelf, so some may not appeal to you if you're looking for strictly LitRPG, but the large majority of the books there are indeed LitRPG, and not gamelit, so it should suffice, at least for a catalog to draw from.

[Vincent]

The problem with litrpg is that there are far too many of them. I maintain the monthly new release list on Reddit, and the average is 54 books per month. And I am probably missing one or two which are improperly labelled. GaiusPrimus's regular booklists here comprise most of them anyway.

This should be enough to prompt goodreads to add it as a subgenre... but who knows. There's also a distinct variance in quality.

And too many harems.

[GaiusPrimus, Kindle Wizard]

Haha.

All good points.

[Sylvia]

I can't even get goodreads to verify my email address. That is why I don't post anything in here.

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Vincent wrote: "The problem with litrpg is that there are far too many of them. I maintain the monthly new release list on Reddit, and the average is 54 books per month. And I am probably missing one or two which ..."

I've lurked that subreddit once or twice and found a few fun reads from it. Thanks!

I have a shelf for this already with some read and some TBR books on it, but do you have any lists or book recommendations for gamelit/litrpg written by female authors?

(i'm interested in cultivation/wuxia and isekai too, since those are sometimes an element in litrpg, and if not they're at least litrpg-adjacent)

[Vincent]

LitRPG (like most of progression fantasy) is mainly male-oriented.

That said, Sarah Lin (writes both litrpg/cultivation), Carrie Summers (litrpg) both write very good books. Jay Boyce is a bit too much wish-fulfillment for my tastes. And while nobody knows the gender of Pirateaba, it's usually assumed it's a "she" (I know, do not assume genders, etc).

[Gregory Bradburn]

Allan wrote: "I never even think to look here for books. I just go to 'zon and type in litrpg there."As do I; the only problem being there are always 400 (the max) with no way to sort...

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Vincent wrote: "LitRPG (like most of progression fantasy) is mainly male-oriented.

That said, Sarah Lin (writes both litrpg/cultivation), Carrie Summers (litrpg) both write very good books. Jay Boyce is a bit too..."

i'm aware of that! i have read many litRPG books aimed at an written by men. some of them i have enjoyed immensely, others have left me feeling extremely disappointed.

also would like to add -- I am not straight (also not gay, somewhere in the middle with no particular preference). I pick up male oriented harem books a lot because they promise me sexy ladies. I can think of a few I really like (such as the "Everybody Loves Large Chests" series because they are funny or whimsical or well, just fairly well written.

I enjoy a harem story of any kind, or wish fulfillment of any kind, as long as I can suspend part of my feminist mindset. There are some authors, though, who just write stuff I can't stand because of the approach they take to writing women whom I would otherwise very much like to read about sexy times with (Arand is the textbook example of such an author, but to anyone who enjoys his books--good for you, everybody needs their wish fulfilment fantasies). So I didn't want you to get the wrong impression.

I'm also already currently making my way through ALL Sarah Lin novels. I absolutely love her. So that was a great recommendation, but sadly one already on my fast track reading list.

I assume genders too btw, and I'm usually right. We can't deny that people of different genders have different approaches, ideas, writing styles, and so on. I recently read the "So I'm a Spider, So What?" LN (which has LITRPG elements) and I knew the author was female from about a few pages in. Checked online: She is.

So that is why I asked my question-- I DO actually try to read as much litRPG as I can, it's one of my favorite genres, but I know it is male dominated. Exactly why I asked my question. Even in series I highly enjoy by male authors, I sometimes come across a scene where I don't feel comfortable about the way the female characters are depicted. But I'm not that thin-skinned, and read them anyway, to give them a chance. Sometimes that pays off.

I will check out Carrie Summers and Pirateaba ASAP, so thank you.