Jonathan Brooks

Jonathan Brooks worked in retail for most of his life but has been an avid reader of fantasy books since around age 12. Having been playing video games since he got an Atari 2600 when he was 5 years old, he fell in love with the LitRPG, GameLit, and Dungeon Core genres when he first learned about them. Fantastic Fiction Now one of the genre's most prolific authors, Brooks has over 75 books published Amazon across more than fifteen series, building a devoted readership through consistent output, deep system mechanics, satisfying progression, and the particular pleasures of dungeon core and crafting fantasy that rewards readers who enjoy watching protagonists build something meaningful from available components.

Brooks specializes in two overlapping LitRPG subgenres: dungeon core fiction - where protagonists become or control dungeon systems, constructing and defending spaces against adventurers - and progression fantasy where crafting, fusion, and system mechanics provide the satisfaction of systematic improvement. His work consistently delivers accessible entry points for readers new to LitRPG whilst providing the mechanical depth that genre veterans seek, and notably his books contain no harems or explicit content, making them accessible to a wide readership.

Major Series

The Dungeon Crafting series represents one of Brooks's most popular works, with six books earning strong Goodreads ratings Goodreads, following a protagonist whose crafting abilities within a dungeon core framework allow construction and defense of increasingly sophisticated environments. The series delivers the satisfying resource management and creative building that dungeon core readers enjoy alongside character progression.

The Magical Fusion series, comprising eight books and among his highest-rated series Goodreads, follows an academy LitRPG framework where fusion mechanics - combining abilities, elements, and magical systems - provide the progression satisfaction alongside an academic setting that distinguishes it from Brooks's dungeon-focused work.

The Station Cores series launched in 2018, following a protagonist whose station core crash-lands on a foreign planet, delivering science fiction LitRPG alongside the dungeon core mechanics, demonstrating Brooks's range beyond purely fantasy settings.

The Dungeon World series and Dimensional Dungeon Cores expand the Station Cores universe whilst remaining accessible to new readers, with Brooks's connected world-building rewarding series followers whilst welcoming those starting fresh.

The Earthen Contenders series, beginning with Unexpected Healer (2024), represents Brooks's most recent direction, delivering isekai LitRPG with healer progression mechanics that has quickly become one of his most popular works.

Brooks's writing is characterized by deep dungeon core mechanics, crafting and fusion progression systems, clean content without explicit material, accessible prose, rapid publication schedule, connected universes across series, stat tables and system notifications, and the satisfaction of watching protagonists build and improve systematically.

Common themes include ordinary people discovering extraordinary capability through systems, building something meaningful from available resources, progression rewarding patience and strategy, and competence as the ultimate satisfaction.