Matt Dinniman

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2003
  • Latest Book:
    June 2026
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Full Series List in Order

Dominion of Blades

1 - Dominion of Blades (Mar-2017)
2 - The Hobgoblin Riot (Apr-2018)

Dungeon Crawler Carl

1 - Dungeon Crawler Carl (Jan-2020)
2 - Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Jan-2021)
3 - The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Apr-2021)
4 - The Gate of the Feral Gods (Jul-2021)
5 - The Butcher's Masquerade (Feb-2022)
6 - The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Jul-2023)
7 - This Inevitable Ruin (Nov-2024)

Shivered Sky

1 - Every Grain of Sand (Jan-2020)
2 - In the City of Demons (Feb-2020)
3 - The Great Devouring Darkness (Mar-2020)

Books in Order: 18 titles

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  • A Parade of Horribles

    It???s off to the races for Carl and Donut in the eighth book in the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series.Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend???s cat Princess Donut must compete in increasingly difficult and unhinged challeng...

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel)

    The LitRPG fantasy smash hit phenomenon and New York Times bestseller, DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, is now a graphic novel for the very first time!The Apocalypse WILL be televised! You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Getting ...

  • Operation Bounce House

    A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl.All colonist Oliver Lewis...

  • This Inevitable Ruin

    Dungeon Crawler Carl - 7

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ??? Carl and Princess Donut are ready to battle it out in the epic seventh book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series???now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!The ninth floor. Faction Wars. Nine armies enter, l...

  • The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

    Dungeon Crawler Carl - 6

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ??? Carl and Princess Donut journey into insanity in the wildly entertaining sixth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series???now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend?...

  • The Butcher's Masquerade

    Dungeon Crawler Carl - 5

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ??? Carl and Princess Donut refuse to be prey in the fifth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series???now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose.Run...

  • The Gate of the Feral Gods

    Dungeon Crawler Carl - 4

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ??? Follow Carl, Princess Donut, and Mongo as they fight their way to the next level in the fourth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series???now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!New Achievement! Total, Utt...

  • The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

    Dungeon Crawler Carl - 3

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ??? Welcome to the Iron Tangle! Carl and his ex-girlfriend???s cat, Princess Donut, have to team up with other contestants not just to survive, but to solve a deadly puzzle in this third, mind-twisting novel in the Dungeon C...

  • Carl's Doomsday Scenario

    Dungeon Crawler Carl - 2

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ??? Join Carl and his ex-girlfriend???s cat, Princess Donut, as they fight fantastical creatures and deadly mobs to make it to the next level and build the kind of fan following the dungeon masters can???t ignore in the seco...



  • The Great Devouring Darkness

    Shivered Sky - 3

    The Epic Conclusion of the Shivered Sky Saga!. For so many of this world, the idea of an afterlife is a comforting one. You live, you die, and you are rewarded with an eternity of joy and peace. But for Indigo, life after death is a nightmare bey...

  • In the City of Demons

    Shivered Sky - 2

    The Shivered Sky Saga continues with Book Two, In the City of Demons. For so many of this world, the idea of an afterlife is a comforting one. You live, you die, and you are rewarded with an eternity of joy and peace. But for Indigo, life after d...

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Dungeon Crawler Carl - 1

    The apocalypse will be televised! A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every hum...

  • Every Grain of Sand

    Shivered Sky - 1

    Life was boot camp, death a one-way ticket to the war. For so many of this world, the idea of an afterlife is a comforting one. You live, you die, and you are rewarded with an eternity of joy and peace. But for Indigo, life after death is a nightm...

  • Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon

    A LitRPG Adventure Fantasy meets horror in this gore-soaked, standalone LitRPG adventure! It had seemed like a dream offer. Paint a mural. $15,000. How could Duke not jump at the chance? But it came with a catch, as these things often do. He had t...

  • The Hobgoblin Riot

    Dominion of Blades - 2

    This ain't your daddy's tower defense! Popper, Jonah, Gretchen, and Alice are back! The Hobgoblin Riot, Dominion of Blades, Book 2. A litrpg adventure. CLUSTERF*CK clus·ter·f*ck ˈklə-stər-ˌfək vulgar slang. Noun. 1) A dis...

  • Dominion of Blades

    Dominion of Blades - 1

    Trapped in a game, they must level up to survive! For over thirty years, Dominion of Blades has been the hottest online role-playing game in the world. Any gamer with an immersion rig can enter the world of sword and sorcery, of goblins and dragon...

  • The Grinding

    Six months ago, the world watched in horror as we lost an American city.The Grinder. That's what the survivors of Tucson called the monster. Just one touch, and they became a part of it. It used their bodies as limbs and as weapons. In just a matter ...

  • The Shivered Sky: Books 1-3

    The War is over.

    The demons have won.

    Cibola, the citadel of Heaven, has fallen.

    On Earth, life goes on. No one knows of the war, of the death, of the fire. No one knows that when you die all paths lead to the same eternity: one of torment, ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Matt Dinniman has published 18 books.

The next book by Matt Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles, will be published in June 2026.

The first book by Matt Dinniman, The Shivered Sky: Books 1-3, was published in January 2003.

Yes. Matt Dinniman has 3 series.
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