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Top 25 Secret Identity Novels on Royal Road (2026)

Updated November 2026 · ranked by average reader rating

Secret Identity Novels are among the most popular stories on Royal Road.

This guide ranks the best by average reader rating. The current top picks are Seeking Strays, Black Apron - Max Level Archmaid and Fallen Lands. Some of them are already finished, so you can binge without waiting for updates.

The 25 best Secret Identity novels on Royal Road

  1. Seeking Strays

    by Lost Rain
    4.89 · 82 chapters · Ongoing

    Protect my sister. That’s all that ever mattered to me. Come hell or high water, I’d do anything if it meant my sweet little sister could have just one more day of a peaceful life. Anything. There was just one issue—I was burning the…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadAnti-Villain LeadArtificial Intelligence

  2. Black Apron - Max Level Archmaid

    by RavensDagger
    4.88 · 15 chapters · Ongoing

    Black Apron - A Max Level Archmaid's Guide to Hostile Housekeeping Rosario Thorn had one claim to fame. In the world’s biggest VRMMO, she reached max level, stacked enough high-tier Jobs to make PvP guilds nervous, dressed her terrifying…

    AdventureComedy Attractive LeadCraftingFemale Lead

  3. 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

  4. Fake Chosen One

    by JonLom
    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…

    ActionComedy High FantasyLitRPGLocal Protagonist

  5. Kaia the Argent Wing

    by QuietValerie
    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…

    ActionAdventure Attractive LeadCraftingFemale Lead

  6. Myth//OS

    by Lost Rain
    4.81 · 71 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Jun 18, 2026 (5 months ago).

    What’s left when it all falls apart? Where do I go when the path forward is blocked? How do people just move on like nothing ever happened? A change in location certainly helped me. Bastion, the last hope of civilization. It's bright…

    FantasyMystery Anti-Hero LeadCyberpunkDungeon Crawler

  7. A Drakin's Own Rogue Elf - A Miscommunication Cozy LitRPG RomCom

    by Mystic Neptune
    4.80 · 95 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Jul 16, 2026 (4 months ago).

    One Madame Pott's Cast later and Peregrine Fern's life has changed forever. Peregrine Fern wakes up one day to discover her obnoxious fiancé has died at sea, but before she can celebrate his timely demise, a Madame Pott's Cast has her…

    AdventureComedy Attractive LeadDungeon CrawlerFemale Lead

  8. Super Minion

    by Gogglesbear
    4.80 · 63 chapters

    Fortress City has Super Villains, who have evil lairs, and in them they make super weapons. But when a bioweapon is granted super powers of its own, will Fortress City be able to handle the Super Minion? Cover by Vitaly S Alexius

    ActionSci-fi Artificial IntelligenceNon-Human LeadSecret Identity

  9. Re:Cursed

    by Joroboros
    4.75 · 260 chapters · Ongoing

    As the perfect sacrifice, it is only natural that Nix be sacrificed to the ancient gods lurking in the depths of the black hole. But she didn’t die. Finding herself seven years in the past — to the day of her first cursed mutation — Nix…

    ActionFantasy Female LeadGenetically EngineeredHigh Fantasy

  10. (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

  11. Murder in the Temple (LitRPG | Progression Fantasy)

    by Malory
    4.73 · 50 chapters

    Welcome to Soar, where your Level, your Class, and your god decide how you live and how you die. Unless you’re Jana Lowe. Then you're all kinds of screwed. Murder in the Temple (stubbed Dec 25) Death of a Curator (stubbed Feb 2) The…

    ComedyHorror Anti-Hero LeadDungeon CrawlerDystopia

  12. The Archmage Coefficient (OP Archmage/ Mage Academy/ LITRPG/ Hidden Genius)

    by onedayokay
    4.73 · 157 chapters · Ongoing

    Magic was chaos. Now it’s chemistry. Through Stoichiomancy, power is measured, quantified, and controlled. Ascension follows a strict ladder, each tier with a fixed number of sanctioned seats. There are no anomalies. Until Arielle…

    ActionAdventure CraftingFemale LeadLitRPG

  13. 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

  14. Divine Awakening

    by AFKay
    4.71 · 44 chapters

    When an explosion beneath the pyramids of Giza devours half of Cairo, it reveals a chasm spewing mysterious energy, unleashing mythical creatures worldwide and altering humans. As nations clash over the Pit's secrets, Ash remains focused…

    ActionAdventure Artificial IntelligenceAttractive LeadCultivation

  15. Self-Summon [Demon Summoning/Evolution LitRPG]

    by Drim
    4.71 · 128 chapters · Ongoing

    Literal starving artist, Angelica Hallow, is suddenly hit on the head by a book while dumpster diving out of desperation. Compelled by the illustrations inside the tome, she recreates one of the intricate circles on the floor of her…

    ActionComedy Female LeadLitRPGLocal Protagonist

  16. 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

  17. The Paragamer

    by 0100010
    4.70 · 81 chapters · Ongoing

    Simon is a typical professional eSports playing teenager in a world that contains superpower and the resultant superheroes, supervillains, and supermonsters. When his tournament is attacked by one said supermonster, he gains Gamer-like…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadFemale LeadLitRPG

  18. The Spoken Queen's Swarm

    by TheDudeFromCI
    4.69 · 57 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Jul 8, 2026 (4 months ago).

    The Vex are a monstrous species. A ruthless swarm of man-eaters and a plague upon any nation unlucky enough to find a hive within their borders. The world over, the Vex are to be killed on sight, lest they grow and consume all in their…

    ActionDrama Anti-Hero LeadFemale LeadGameLit

  19. A Farm Girl's Guide to Necromancy (Redux)

    by Compass Rose
    4.68 · 52 chapters · Completed

    Farm 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…

    AdventureFantasy Anti-Hero LeadCraftingFemale Lead

  20. Blood Sovereign

    by C.Peinhopf
    4.68 · 19 chapters

    Some monsters are born. Others are chosen. Mirela was meant to be a saint, but her birth was cursed. Born a vampire beneath the shadow of prophecy, she never knew her blood carried both miracle and abomination. She only ever wanted to…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadFemale LeadLitRPG

  21. Flesh Eater: Demon Evolution LitRPG [BOOK 1 COMPLETE]

    by grisaille
    4.67 · 132 chapters · Ongoing

    Reincarnating as a demonic lump of flesh would probably be a nasty shock to most people, but Pyre’s always been good at rolling with the punches. Sure, there’s something blocking her soul and most of her memories, and the world she was…

    ActionAdventure Anti-Hero LeadAnti-Villain LeadFemale Lead

  22. Gamma Protocol [LitRPG, Cyberpunk]

    by Ravnicrasol
    4.67 · 113 chapters

    In the year 2252 I, Axel Garcia, woke up early, ready to enter the next phase of my life. I've since concluded that I should've slept in. Story details: A mix of slice-of-life, monster killing, and someone who wants to do good in a world…

    ActionAdventure CyberpunkDystopiaLitRPG

  23. Mirabelle's Boots - The Cruel Fairy’s Wish [A Shoe-Making litRPG!]

    by D.M. Rhodes (Razzmatazz)
    4.67 · 31 chapters · Completed

    [I was reborn after being murdered because of the true wish that I made for revenge against all human-peoples, but now I’m alive again and I actually just kind of don’t want to do that anymore; so I opened a shoe-store instead!] Mirabelle…

    AdventureDrama Anti-Villain LeadCozyCrafting

  24. CyberGene [Volume 1 Complete! 500k+ Words] [LitRPG w/ cybernetics + mutations]

    by Sixbees2
    4.66 · 258 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Aug 13, 2026 (3 months ago).

    Chapters M-W-F 9AM. Volume 1 Blood and Steel: All Three Acts Complete! Volume 2 Thunder and Webs: Act Two Ongoing! Discord - Patreon - Spotify Playlist Upgrade. Consume. Evolve. Whether it’s cybernetics or mutations, this world demands…

    ActionDrama Anti-Hero LeadAnti-Villain LeadApocalypse

  25. Fluff

    by RavensDagger
    4.66 · 289 chapters · Hiatus
    ⏸ On hiatus · No new chapter since Jun 17, 2026 (5 months ago).

    Every year, on the same day, people across the world awaken new powers. They take the first step on the path to becoming Super Heroes... or Villains. Emily Wright wants nothing to do with any of that. All she wants is to get her degree…

    ActionComedy Anti-Hero LeadCozyFemale Lead

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Secret Identity novel on Royal Road?

Right now Seeking Strays by Lost Rain is the highest rated, with an average rating of 4.89 out of 5 and 82 chapters. Black Apron - Max Level Archmaid by RavensDagger 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 Secret Identity novels I can binge?

Yes, including A Farm Girl's Guide to Necromancy (Redux), Mirabelle's Boots - The Cruel Fairy’s Wish [A Shoe-Making litRPG!] and Magical Girl Platinum.

Where can I read these Secret Identity novels?

Every story is free to read on Royal Road. Open a story's page and use the Read button to go straight to it. FicGems doesn't host any chapters.

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