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Top 25 Fantasy + Action Novels on Royal Road (2026)

Updated November 2026 · ranked by average reader rating

Fantasy + Action Novels are among the most popular stories on Royal Road.

This guide ranks the best by average reader rating. The current top picks are BELOW, Ashes of Vaeltharion: Burden of Fate and Berserker's Path. Some of them are already finished, so you can binge without waiting for updates.

The 25 best Fantasy + Action novels on Royal Road

  1. BELOW

    4.90 · 22 chapters · Ongoing

    YOU HAVE DIED YOU HAVE SINNED YOU HAVE BEEN JUDGED THE ABOVE ALL IS CLOSED TO YOU A nameless SINner awakes in a hell beyond hells, trapped in a world designed to elicit eternal suffering for no clear purpose. Punished for the SIN of…

  2. Ashes of Vaeltharion: Burden of Fate

    4.88 · 7 chapters

    Update: Ashes of Vaeltharion: Burden of Fate is being stubbed ahead of its March 10 release on Amazon. To comply with Kindle Unlimited exclusivity, most chapters have been removed from Royal Road. The full book is now available on Amazon…

  3. Berserker's Path

    4.87 · 78 chapters · Completed

    You keep what you kill. Halfdan has the gift of the berserker. In battle, his rage grants victory, and every injury suffered only makes him fight stronger. But he is no mindless murderer who delights in slaughter. He lives a calm life by…

  4. Fallen Lands

    4.87 · 7 chapters

    This is the primary ongoing fiction page for Fallen Lands. Books 1-3 are available on Kindle Unlimited and Audible - Siren's Reach will be available in audio early Feb. Please be aware that reading this Synopsis or any portion of this…

  5. Old Granny Gob - (A Goblins and Grandmas prompt entry)

    4.87 · 9 chapters · Completed

    Betty thought her life's last chapter would be taking care of her son and grandchildren. Inexplicably, fate had something else in mind for her. She is transferred to a world with a system. While this gives her a brand new lease on life…

  6. Fake Chosen One

    4.86 · 220 chapters · Ongoing

    A thief, a liar, and a cheat. That’s what the streets made CJ into, and he’s damn good at it. He’s done it all; Stealing from gangs, lying to holy men, and cheating the bank. As long as coin is on the line, CJ will do anything to get it…

  7. Poll World [LitRPG][Reader Polls]

    4.86 · 47 chapters · Ongoing

    Reality was a disaster. Welcome to the upgrade. LEO is a psychotic entertainment AI specializing in reality television. He's also God now. In the name of perpetual entertainment, he's turned the world into a LitRPG death game. Don't…

  8. I'm Just a Fox I Swear!

    4.85 · 24 chapters

    Imagine being reincarnated into a world of monsters and magic, where everything strives to evolve. Now imagine you reincarnated as a little fox with absolutely no magic nor potential. For some, this would be devastatingly bad, but for…

  9. Dragon System Adventurer

    4.84 · 27 chapters · Completed

    In a world where everyone levels from Experience, Kryos levels through hoarding. Kryos, a half-dragon, is cast out of the Drakemount at eighteen. He doesn’t gain power through Experience like everyone else on Vorunor, he levels up by…

  10. Kaia the Argent Wing

    4.84 · 41 chapters · Ongoing

    A girl with two forms. One is a tinkerer, the other an angel. Nobody can know they're the same person. Both will be needed if Edgewood wants to survive the Storm and the old gods who rise in its wake. The Storm arrives barely weeks after…

  11. Hired, Survived, Signed

    4.83 · 33 chapters · Completed

    Tessa is a broke, low-level Patchwork Crafter just trying to survive in the capital. Her gear barely holds together, her Experience gain is a joke, and her only ally is a giant baby bird. To reach level 100 and earn a spot in the Maker’s…

  12. Shadowswarm Summoner: A Worldhopping Deckbuilder LitRPG

    4.82 · 70 chapters · Ongoing

    Shadow Wizard Ambrose always has a scheme, but this time, he's going for gold. The target: a Wildcard, a rare, powerful card that becomes whatever your deck needs most. Yes, technically headmaster Charles Vanderborn has already promised…

  13. Faith in Numbers: Ring Around the Rose [Cult-Building LitRPG]

    4.81 · 52 chapters · Ongoing

    If he can’t have magic, he’ll give them madness. Sid is perfect on paper… brilliant, disciplined, a natural leader. Too bad he can’t cast a single spell. Magic needs connection. Sid feels connected to nothing. To the powers that be at his…

  14. The Wardens of Eternity: Alice Rising

    4.81 · 35 chapters

    (This is the second story in the Wardens of Eternity series and connects with 'One Dungeon to Rule them All') Blurb: They took everything from him, the life he knew, the people he cared for, his whole family. He will go to the end of the…

  15. Worm Girl Evolution [LitRPG, Yuri]

    4.81 · 45 chapters · Ongoing

    Renée was a princess, now she's a worm. As a princess, she had it all, but it was all taken from her by an Otherworlder. Given a second chance at life, she plans to take revenge. The only problem? She's brought back as a worm. Extreme…

  16. Blood Hunter Vee

    4.80 · 78 chapters · Ongoing

    Her family is dead at the hands of monsters. Her life is shattered, and her village is gone. Now, she'll become the monster that the creatures of darkness fear... Violetta is a farm girl, no one of importance living in a tiny village at…

  17. Restart (Reborn as a Reluctant Demon Lord, Book 2)

    4.80 · 60 chapters · Completed

    This 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…

  18. Sky Pride

    4.80 · 386 chapters

    What does it take to climb out of the trash and into the sky? The very heavens had decreed his death. He should have died in the womb. Or in infancy. Or when his family was murdered. Or when the house burned around him. Or when he woke up…

  19. The Land of the Rising Sunstrider

    4.80 · 31 chapters · Ongoing

    Azeroth is known to be a world fraught with war. The world faces many calamities and tragedies, and peace is a fading illusion. The powers-that-be decided that this world, steeped in struggle, needed a bit of a hand, and grabbed a soul…

  20. Under the Light of the World at War: Warcraft Gamer SI

    4.80 · 69 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Sep 22, 2026 (6 weeks ago).

    Under the Moonlight of Elune, and the Blazing warmth of the noonday sun, Belore. Alah'Dorah, Lights Valor, the little elfling lives her life happily in her small unnamed village. But this world is not a peaceful one. Threats slide from…

  21. Instead of Becoming an Adventurer, I Chose to Fish

    4.79 · 33 chapters · Ongoing

    Earth did not end in a man-made disaster. It ended when mana flooded in, changing everything. Ray Wilson was just a man running a small construction business, spending his free time on the thing he loved most, fishing. When the mana…

  22. Leave Luck to Heaven [LitRPG]

    4.79 · 33 chapters · Ongoing

    Sometimes you're too good for your own good. Trash-talking speedrunner Hague learns that the hard way after he makes a particularly outrageous boast on stream: "I'm better than anyone, even God." Turns out, a god was listening. Now, as…

  23. Asheron's Fall: The Power of Ten, Book Six

    4.78 · 519 chapters · Completed

    Finished the Royal Road Writathon Challenge for April and November 2024, and April 2025! This story is complete at 518 chapters, ending May 1, 2025. The sixth of Aelryinth's soul shards is floating free, being brought down and into…

  24. Astronomically Cold

    4.78 · 148 chapters · Ongoing

    Ivan is alone and lost in the Arctic. That is not usually a problem for his species. Polar bear kin are loners, and the Arctic is their home. However, he is pretty sure his mother has just been killed, and he is only six years old, which…

  25. Biracial Edgelord Can't Make Immortal : Power of Ten, Book Seven

    4.78 · 570 chapters · Completed

    This Book began May 2, 2025, and continues the story of the Shards of Aelryinth in other multiverses and worlds. Finisher in the October 2025 and April 2026 Writathon Challenges! ----------------- Shard Funf has been sent to yet another…

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Fantasy + Action novel on Royal Road?

Right now BELOW by Silv3rtongue is the highest rated, with an average rating of 4.90 out of 5 and 22 chapters. Ashes of Vaeltharion: Burden of Fate by SteveHarthun 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 Fantasy + Action novels I can binge?

Yes, including Berserker's Path, Old Granny Gob - (A Goblins and Grandmas prompt entry) and Dragon System Adventurer.

Where can I read these Fantasy + Action novels?

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