Dungeon Crawler Carl is taking the world — and galaxy — by storm. With seven books out and an eighth expected to release this spring, Matt Dinniman’s LitRPG series follows ex-Coast Guard veteran Carl as he fights and schemes his way through an alien-run dungeon with the other survivors of the human race. The worst part is that the whole thing is also being broadcast across the galaxy as a reality TV show.
If the plot strikes your fancy, or you’re even just looking to dive into your next LitRPG, this series should jump to the top of your TBR list. While eight books (so far) sounds like quite the commitment, you’ll be hopping from one to the next faster than Amazon’s Prime shipping can get them to your doorstep.
And speaking of Amazon, the company’s Big Spring Sale is running a particularly convenient promotion on books, movies, and vinyl: right now, you can ‘Buy 2 and Get 1 Free.’ Each hardcover copy of Dungeon Crawler Carl is included in the promotion except for the unreleased eighth book, A Parade of Horribles.

- Title
-
Dungeon Crawler Carl
- Author
-
Matt Dinniman
- Genre
-
LitRPG/GamLit
- Pages
-
464
Ex-Coast Guard veteran Carl is one of the few remaining human survivors of a devastatingly abrupt alien invasion. His only chance of survival is to fight his way through an alien-run dungeon with his ex-girlfriend’s cat. What could go wrong?
Dungeon Crawler Carl books are ‘Buy 2 Get 1 Free’
Part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale
The sneaky part of acquiring any full book series (especially hardcover copies) is the price. Usually, when you have enough time between reads or releases, $20 here and there doesn’t impact your wallet terribly. However, at the rate you’ll want to tear through Dungeon Crawler Carl, that total will quickly climb past $150 if you want physical copies of them all.
But right now, if you add all seven available books to your cart on Amazon, you’ll notice a green banner beneath each price that says “Savings” and “Get 3 for the price of 2.” Since each book is part of the promo, if you buy all seven books at once, two of them will be free — which is approximately $40 in savings.
So how does it work? When you add three eligible items to your Amazon cart, the company will discount the least expensive item in the group to $0. You can take advantage of the promo across different categories, but just note that the cheapest item will be the one discounted to zero.
A Parade of Horribles, the eighth installment of the series, is available for preorder now. However, it’s scheduled to release on May 12, so you have a couple of months to get all the way caught up in time.
How to read Dungeon Crawler Carl for cheaper
Or free, depending on if you already pay for this subscription
Every single Dungeon Crawler Carl book is available on Kindle Unlimited, Amazon’s digital library subscription service. Kindle Unlimited is $12 per month, which is almost half as cheap as a single hardcover copy of one of the books. The service lets you ‘check out’ up to 20 titles at a time, so you can read every Dungeon Crawler Carl book on your Kindle if you don’t care about formats.
However, many readers prefer collecting physical copies of their favorite books — especially hardcovers. If you’re among those collectors, this is arguably the best deal you’ll ever see on brand-new versions of Matt Dinniman’s viral books.
See more ways to read Dungeon Crawler Carl for cheap (or free) here.
- Price
-
$12 / month
- Free trial
-
Yes
- Ads
-
No
- Borrow limit
-
20 titles at a time


