Apart from selfishly promoting my own stuff? I'm going to break the mold a bit and recommend novels that are good but only until a point. Saihate No Paladin -> the first volume is great. After that becomes bad rip off of other stories. Breakthrough with the Forbidden Master -> Similar to previous one, good until guy reaches desert city, then becomes meh The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary - fun story, I've been enjoying it for years now Dungeon Defense - it pretends to be litrpg for the first few chapters. It is dropped nearly immediately, and becomes interesting political drama instead. A bit juvenile, but fun