Dungeon Crawler Carl
Sign in to saveDungeon Crawler Carl is a science fantasy LitRPG book series written by American author Matt Dinniman. Initially self published by Dinniman via online publisher Royal Road, it, and its six sequels, were acquired by Ace Books in 2024.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl is a science fantasy novel series by Matt Dinniman that combines role-playing game mechanics with storytelling, initially released online before being picked up by major publisher Ace Books in 2024. The acquisition by Ace, along with the series' seven total books, signals growing mainstream recognition of the self-published LitRPG genre.
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Key dates
- Inception
- 2019
- Published
- 21 September 2020
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- Genre
- science fantasy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Depicts
- explosives engineering
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- Has parts of class
- literary work
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Dungeon Crawler Carl is a science fantasy LitRPG book series written by American author Matt Dinniman. Initially self published by Dinniman via online publisher Royal Road, it and its seven sequels were acquired by Ace Books in 2024.
The series follows Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, two of the few survivors of the mining, transporting, processing, and consumption of Earth's resources by an alien corporation, as they are forced to compete in a dungeon crawl recreated from those resources for an intergalactic reality show program. As of December 2025, the first seven books have sold over six million copies, and there are plans for a television adaptation, graphic novels, audio programs, a card game, and a tabletop role-playing game.