{"id":6890,"date":"2026-11-09T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6890"},"modified":"2026-11-08T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:15:42","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-301-dungeon-crawler-carl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-301-dungeon-crawler-carl\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 301 &#8211; Dungeon Crawler Carl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <em>Dungeon Crawler Carl<\/em> by Matt Dinniman. Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-301-dungeon-crawler-carl\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/taz-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Adventure Zone written by Clint McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy and Griffin McElroy, art by Carey Pietsch\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/battle-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/battle-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/battle-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/battle-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/battle-1001x1536.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/battle.jpg 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dcc-1-147x220.webp\" alt=\"Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Graphic Novel by Matt Dinniman &amp; Laurel Pursuit Studios\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dcc-1-147x220.webp 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dcc-1-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dcc-1.webp 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250153708\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins<\/em> by The McElroys &amp; Carey Pietsch<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250767707\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Battle of the Linguist Mages<\/em> by Scotto Moore<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781638493655\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Graphic Novel<\/em> by Matt Dinniman &amp; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laurel Pursuit Studios<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/omniscient-150x215.jpg\" alt=\"Omniscient reader's viewpoint by singNsong, translation by Hye Young Im and J. Torres\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/omniscient-150x215.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/omniscient-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/omniscient.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polybius-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Polybius by Collin Armstrong\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polybius-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polybius-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polybius-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/polybius.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6895 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/rainfall-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/rainfall-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/rainfall-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/rainfall-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/rainfall.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9798400901065\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Omniscient Reader&#8217;s Viewpoint<\/em> by singNsong, translation by Hye Young Im and J. Torres<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781668044988\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Polybius<\/em> by Collin Armstrong<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593952665\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Rainfall Market<\/em> by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPO-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Ready Player One by Ernest Cline\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPO-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPO-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/RPO.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/thiswill-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"This Will Be Fun by E. B. Asher\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/thiswill-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/thiswill-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/thiswill-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/thiswill.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dandd-150x218.webp\" alt=\"Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dandd-150x218.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dandd-206x300.webp 206w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/dandd.webp 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780307887443\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Ready Player One<\/em> by Ernest Cline<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063371361\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>This Will Be Fun<\/em> by E. B. Asher<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81631823\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. Listen to the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1583,2766,2761,2762,2763,1431,2768,2769,2756,48,30,2770,2767,2765,1820,2764],"class_list":["post-6890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-carey-pietsch","tag-collin-armstrong","tag-dungeon-crawler-carl","tag-dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves","tag-e-b-asher","tag-ernest-cline","tag-hye-young-im","tag-j-torres","tag-matt-dinniman","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-scotto-moore","tag-singnsong","tag-slin-jung","tag-the-mcelroys","tag-you-yeong-gwang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6900,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890\/revisions\/6900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}