FicGemsTop 15 Completed Anti-Hero Lead Novels on Royal Road (2026)
Updated November 2026 · ranked by average reader rating
Completed Anti-Hero Lead Novels are among the most popular stories on Royal Road.
This guide ranks the best by average reader rating. The current top picks are Restart (Reborn as a Reluctant Demon Lord, Book 2), Sublight Drive (Star Wars) and The Perfect Run. Every story here is finished, so you can read straight through.
The 15 best Anti-Hero Lead novels on Royal Road
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Restart (Reborn as a Reluctant Demon Lord, Book 2)
by TitusGMThis is book 2 of the series! If you haven't read book 1 (which you can find here then you should probably do that first to avoid spoiling yourself in the synopsis. But that's just a suggestion. If you want to be confused, go ahead. Have…
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Sublight Drive (Star Wars)
by mirrthIt is twenty-two years before the Battle of Yavin, and the galaxy is at war. Born to a not unimportant, not important planet in the Inner Rim, Rain never placed much thought into his future. After all, the galaxy is vast, and peaceful…
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The Perfect Run
The Perfect Run is now available on Amazon and Audible: Volume 1 (Audiobook), Volume 2 (Audiobook), Volume 3 Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life…
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Rock falls, everyone dies
by zechampBy a stroke of fate, a stone gains sentience and sets out on a grand quest to touch grass. However, the system forgot to change its stats from their [Metric] values to the appropriate [Str, Int, Dex] values. Things escalate. Fast…
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A Farm Girl's Guide to Necromancy (Redux)
by Compass RoseFarm girl Ashley Hart inherits her family farm—and the mountain of guild debt that comes with it. Unable to coax a single carrot from the dying fields, she does the only thing she can: write a forbidden grimoire, the Mortis Agrariae (“Of…
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Medium Meld: Revised Edition (Naruto/Gamer, OC)
by ElbowsnapperSora wakes up on a beach, very far from home. Determined to do whatever it takes to avoid a fate worse than death, he sets out on a mission to save the world. With a complete lack of chakra, a strange system driving his growth, and his…
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Small Chests Are Fine Too
by ExterminatusIt is an undeniable fact that good things come in small packages. More often than not, it is necessary to trim the fat in order to bring what really matters to the forefront. Having extra bulk may seem like a good idea, but in reality it…
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You must be this old to enter the Dungeon
by Spleen23Harry just wants the world to leave him alone while he drags out dying of old age. Then the world informs him that Harvesters are needed to clear Dungeons which will grow in power as long as they are uncleared while releasing dangerous…
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Sporemageddon
by RavensDaggerWhy survive the apocalypse when you can become the apocalypse? Nature is dying, but perhaps before the world is turned into an industrious machine nature itself can play one final trump card to save itself. Summoned to a new world, a…
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Bloodstained Blade (Gamelit, Sword MC)
by DWinchesterWhen the sword awakens, its slept so long that it has forgotten everything but hunger. It is a weapon made to feast on death and blood, and the more bodies that it leaves in its wake, the stronger it gets. Bloodstained Blade is a fantasy…
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Superheroes and Magic Invasions [apocalypse litRPG]
by Belial666[completed the October 2022 and April 2023 Writathon ] In the town of Destiny, Florida (not to be confused with Destin, also in Florida), magic portals open and spew out undead horrors. A few lucky survivors discover that killing the…
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Nobody's Hero [System Apocalypse LitRPG Progression Fantasy]
by noctThere's one firm rule in Central City: everyone dies. Super strength, invulnerability, regeneration, everything else is on the table. Everything except immortality. After all, if anyone was immortal, then Alpha, the…
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Six Souls [Isekai/LitRPG] [Complete]
by MilcDISCLAIMER: If you are one of the fives of people coming through to this page from the Shadow Light Press website, please be advised that I have annulled my contract with them under AZ law due to being given misleading and false…
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Blind Judgment
by GyodedFirst a soldier, then a blind man. Could he ever be anything else? Suffering from a massive change of perspective, Cain finds himself in a new world as Earth is altered by unknown forces. With change comes pain and opportunity. Can power…
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Returning to No Applause, Only More of the Same
by PaltKreig was summoned to the other world 130 years ago, the last 30 of which were spent in a constant, vengeful war against any army that would attempt to subjugate him. Once he returned, he found out that only 10 years had passed. He was…
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Anti-Hero Lead novel on Royal Road?
Right now Restart (Reborn as a Reluctant Demon Lord, Book 2) by TitusGM is the highest rated, with an average rating of 4.80 out of 5 and 60 chapters. Sublight Drive (Star Wars) by mirrth comes next.
How are these stories ranked?
Stories are ordered by their average reader rating on Royal Road, and the guide is refreshed as ratings change.
Are there completed Anti-Hero Lead novels I can binge?
Yes, including Restart (Reborn as a Reluctant Demon Lord, Book 2), Sublight Drive (Star Wars) and The Perfect Run.
Where can I read these Anti-Hero Lead novels?
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