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Top 25 Portal Fantasy / Isekai + Reincarnation Novels on Royal Road (2026)

Updated November 2026 · ranked by average reader rating

Portal Fantasy / Isekai + Reincarnation Novels are among the most popular stories on Royal Road.

This guide ranks the best by average reader rating. The current top picks are Fallen Lands, Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World and Asheron's Fall: The Power of Ten, Book Six. Some of them are already finished, so you can binge without waiting for updates.

The 25 best Portal Fantasy / Isekai + Reincarnation novels on Royal Road

  1. Fallen Lands

    by C.Peinhopf
    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…

    ActionAdventure Female LeadGameLitHigh Fantasy

  2. Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World

    by D.M. Rhodes (Razzmatazz)
    4.80 · 50 chapters · Completed

    Dying was supposed to be the best thing that ever happened to Minokawa. In Empty Sea, an MMORPG brought to life, an isolated reincarnated player with overwhelming power discovers that the sentient game is turning him into its Demon King…

    AdventureFantasy ApocalypseAttractive LeadChivalry

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

    by RE Druin
    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…

    ActionAdventure Female LeadGameLitHigh Fantasy

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

    by RE Druin
    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…

    ActionAdventure Attractive LeadFemale LeadGameLit

  5. Beware Of Chicken

    by Casualfarmer
    4.77 · 347 chapters

    Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator who defied the heavens, and surpassed all limits. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck here. Arrogant young masters? Heavenly tribulations? Cultivating for days on end, then getting into life…

    AdventureComedy CultivationMale LeadPortal Fantasy / Isekai

  6. The Far Place

    by R.C. Joshua
    4.75 · 4 chapters

    Clayton was here, and now he finds himself elsewhere in the most dangerous way possible. Arriving on another world and getting a class were normal compared to where he is now… Standing at the edge of the rules of reality, dithering on the…

    ActionAdventure LitRPGMagicPortal Fantasy / Isekai

  7. (B2 Stubbing Nov. 10th) New Life as a Max Level Archmage

    by ArcaneCadence
    4.74 · 148 chapters

    Book one is available on Kindle Unlimited and Audible. Vivienne has poured so many hours into the massively popular MMO The Seven Cataclysms that she has more of a life inside the game than out. It's a fitting irony, then, when one day…

    AdventureComedy Female LeadGameLitHigh Fantasy

  8. Cultist of Cerebon - Litrpg/Isekai

    by Fizzicks
    4.74 · 10 chapters

    Book One (Chapter 1 - Chapter 21) is now out on Amazon and Audible! Book Two (Chapter 22 - Chapter 44) is now out on Amazon When Zareth first realized he had been reborn into a world that seemed to run on video game mechanics, he was…

    ActionAdventure Kingdom BuildingLitRPGMagic

  9. Beware the Trickster (An Occult Progression LitRPG)

    by Mangowo
    4.72 · 18 chapters

    Life was perfect: naps in sunbeams, stolen snacks and expertly timed "accidents" to torment her favorite human. So, when licking a strangely alluring gemstone on an old mask suddenly flooded her fuzzy head with memories of her former…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadAttractive LeadFemale Lead

  10. RE: Deity - The Breath of Creation - [Stubbed]

    by Infamous Goose
    4.72 · 156 chapters

    Book 1 Available on Amazon! Book 1 Stubbed November 19th Synopsis: Sometimes the multiverse needs expanding. That's where I come in. Unfortunately being a deity isn't all fun and games, as there are always things working against you. Not…

    ActionAdventure Attractive LeadCultivationDungeon Core

  11. Surprisingly Enough(NOT), Common Sense Is Overpowered in Cliché Cultivation World

    by PlumBlossom0_0
    4.72 · 135 chapters · Ongoing

    Ning finds himself reborn in the world of cultivation. However, as he embarks on this new life, he gradually becomes aware of something amiss. It dawns on him that this realm revolves around a select few individuals, the so-called…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadAttractive LeadCultivation

  12. The Lil Robot That Could [LitRPG Isekai Adventure]

    by AlexaLee
    4.72 · 32 chapters · Completed

    Follow Dasher, the food delivery robot, as he fights to deliver food to hungry people, even though the journey is at times scary and perilous. Plagued with fading memories from his life before, he struggles to hold on to his humanity…

    FantasyPsychological Artificial IntelligenceGameLitLitRPG

  13. An Unborn Hero

    by cathfach
    4.71 · 93 chapters · Completed

    This is the tale of an epic battle between the embryo of a hero and the egg of a demon lord. Okay, so perhaps 'epic' is overselling it a bit, given that there are serious mobility issues on both sides of the conflict, but they're trying…

    AdventureComedy Female LeadGameLitHigh Fantasy

  14. Emissary of Nothingness [LitRPG | Slow Burn Isekai]

    by GreyPilgrim_EoN
    4.71 · 86 chapters · Ongoing

    The Voice gave Mark a second life and sent him to a world where people like him are burned at the stake. It just forgot to explain what the priests would be looking for. Mark had already survived the worst years of his life. Then he…

    ActionAdventure GrimdarkHigh FantasyLitRPG

  15. One World Won't Do [World-Hopping LitRPG]

    by TheFlamingSea
    4.71 · 29 chapters · Ongoing

    Nathaniel's succubus professor killed him last night. This morning, she's offering him unlimited power. As a detective back on Earth, he knows how to play dumb and asks what the catch is, before turning her down. Because what he wants is…

    ActionFantasy CultivationGameLitLitRPG

  16. Dragon days: reincarnated as a dragon

    by Red Guard
    4.70 · 63 chapters · Ongoing

    Isaac is reincarnated in a new world, a young world that is untouched by gods and mortals alike. With no humans, elves, or gods in existence yet, Isaac finds himself as the only intelligent being in the world. He must navigate life as the…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadGameLitHigh Fantasy

  17. Syl [A Slime Monster Evolution LitRPG]

    by Lunadea
    4.70 · 74 chapters

    Book 1: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 2: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 3: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 4: Available on Amazon and Audible! Book 5: Available on Amazon and Audible! Our protagonist was set for what…

    ActionAdventure LitRPGMagicMonster Evolution

  18. All I Wanted Was To Get A Skill At Level 10 Like Everyone Else

    by Clo
    4.69 · 52 chapters

    "… But Someone Had Other Plans For Me" Not originally from this world. Experimented on without consent. Exiled by her own people. In a world ruled by levels, skills, and well-defined progression, Nivi, a young coeurl beastkin, is falling…

    AdventureFantasy Female LeadGameLitGender Bender

  19. Demon World Boba Shop: A Cozy Fantasy Novel

    by R.C. Joshua
    4.69 · 24 chapters

    Book 1 is now on Amazon Kindle / Audible! Book 2 is now on Amazon Kindle! -- Arthur never knew the comfort of home—until he died. Now, reborn in a vibrant demon world, he's serving up more than just tea: he's crafting the life he always…

    Fantasy GameLitHigh FantasyLitRPG

  20. Mahael the Divine [Roguelite LitRPG]

    by Robert Blaise
    4.69 · 39 chapters

    ⚠️DISCLAIMER⚠️ THIS SERIES IS ACTIVELY BEING REWRITTEN. IT WILL BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ONCE THE REMASTER IS UP, WITH ONLY SOME BROAD STROKES FROM THIS ITERATION LEFT BEHIND. Humanity needs a protector. Instead, they get… Him. Humanity had…

    ActionAdventure Attractive LeadDungeon CrawlerHigh Fantasy

  21. My Big Goblin Space Program [STUBBED]

    by ScottWarren
    4.69 · 4 chapters

    First book out on Amazon and Audible. Final book stubs 8 May 2026 Book 1: Book 2: Book 3: A reincarnated astronaut in the body of a goblin king will stop at nothing to reach the moon Engineer, double amputee, and now astronaut for NuEarth…

    AdventureComedy High FantasyKingdom BuildingLitRPG

  22. Undead Paladin

    by Dominick R
    4.69 · 36 chapters

    Theodore Massey dies holding his chest, heart having failed him at the ripe old age of twenty-seven. When he wakes up he's in a stitched together body while a necromancer tells him its time to save the world. Now thrust into a world with…

    ActionAdventure GameLitHigh FantasyKingdom Building

  23. Dreamer's Throne

    by WildCard
    4.68 · 47 chapters

    It doesn’t matter how terrifying dreams get, so long as they stay dreams. When Garrett comes to after a close brush with death, he realizes that he’s in a new world, and worse, he’s missing an arm and paralyzed from the waist down. A fact…

    AdventureFantasy Anti-Hero LeadGameLitHigh Fantasy

  24. Scientific Orcery: The Last Human's Field Guide to Witches, Monsters, and Planetary Conquest

    by Vitaly S Alexius
    4.68 · 4 chapters

    Ioan Starfall, a Nordstaii teen on the cusp of adulthood, drowned as his village was set ablaze by a dragon. I woke up in his body and refused to become a hero to seek revenge when offered incredible power by a witch. You, see I've got…

    ActionAdventure CultivationGameLitHigh Fantasy

  25. Melia the Magnificent

    by Dee Elle
    4.67 · 123 chapters · Ongoing

    When it came to real life, Melia Marcus rolled a zero. But what does a gamer do when they pull the shortest stick imaginable? They grind the crap out of it until they have more sticks. Born with a rare, terminal disease that took away…

    AdventureComedy Female LeadLitRPGPortal Fantasy / Isekai

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Portal Fantasy / Isekai + Reincarnation novel on Royal Road?

Right now Fallen Lands by C.Peinhopf is the highest rated, with an average rating of 4.87 out of 5 and 7 chapters. Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World by D.M. Rhodes (Razzmatazz) 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 Portal Fantasy / Isekai + Reincarnation novels I can binge?

Yes, including Empty Sea: SSS Villain Stuck in an NPC World, Asheron's Fall: The Power of Ten, Book Six and Biracial Edgelord Can't Make Immortal : Power of Ten, Book Seven.

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