Dungeon Crawler Carl Collection II (4 Hardcover Books) Vol 5-8 - Butcher's Masquerade, Eye of the Bedlam Bride, This Inevitable Ruin, Parade of Horribles

by Matt Dinniman

This is the Dungeon Crawler Carl Collection II (4 Hardcover Books) Vol 5-8 - Butcher's Masquerade, Eye of the Bedlam Bride, This Inevitable Ruin, Parade of Horribles book set,

The Butcher's Masquerade
9780593955994

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
9780593956014

This Inevitable Ruin
9798217190041

A Parade of Horribles
9798217190065

Review Quotes:
Praise for the Dungeon Crawler Carl series
"Fresh. Creative. Hilarious. I'm obsessed...Princess Donut is my queen." - Actor, producer and New York Times bestselling author Felicia Day

" Dungeon Crawler Carl is legit awesome."- #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson

"A dangerously addicting tale of chaos and mayhem. I'm thoroughly hooked!"- #1 New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart

"This series has no goddamn business burying so much depth and emotion and complexity under its bawdy, gory surface, but it does so anyway. What a wild-ass and unexpected delight." - New York Times bestselling author Scott Lynch

"[A] comically cosmic adventure series...often laugh-out-loud funny...Grind your way to dungeon mastery alongside Carl and Princess Donut." - The Wall Street Journal

"This is the book for anyone who ever wondered what it would be like to be a role player in a game with the best game master ever...Once you start, you won't put it down." - Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series

" Dungeon Crawler Carl is the best start to a series I've read this year. I wish I'd tried it sooner." - Will Wight, author of the Cradle series

""When it came time to pick a race, Dinniman and Dungeon Crawler Carl decided he would continue to appear as a human, an…

Genres: Fantasy, Audiobook, Litrpg

3136 pages, Hardcover

Published April 8, 2025

About the author

Matt Dinniman is the best-selling writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He is the published author of dozens of short stories and a gaggle of books. In addition, his art publications—from greeting cards to stationery kits to calendars—can be found in boutique and stationery shops around the world. Also, he strongly feels like a pretentious twat when he writes about himself in third person.

Reviews

[Sam Hoffman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Having now read the first three books of this popular series, I find myself waiting for when it's going to get good. Apparently it has a great audiobook and that would have elevated the reading experience - I read physical copies. This book dragged a bit for me and I had to stop myself skimming at times - never a good sign.

Ultimately though this series has a couple of big flaws at this point:
- Three books in and I don't really care about what happens to any of the characters
- The stakes are high (death!) but there's no weight to them

I am uncertain if I'll continue on in the series, and I certainly wouldn't recommend the series unless I know it was going to be firmly in the strike zone for the prospective reader.

[Abhishek Tripathi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my personal review of all books until the 8th. I finished them very quickly and don't want to go through each one since the content is a little mushed together in my brain. From the 8th book on I'll do individual reviews. This one is going to be short and sweet because I really dont think there is much to say. This book got me back into reading and it had all the aspects I appreciate in a book. It was smart, genuinely funny, had lovable characters, fun and adventurous plot, interesting plot twists, plenty of surprises, creative items/map structures/powers. Everything I need is there and I will continue to read more.

[Jared Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard to say if this is the best one as I'm binge reading them but I do feel the final shape of the series is coming into view.
Also, can we talk for a moment about the insane pace these are coming out and how they get increasingly better.
The first novel was published in 2020, this in 2024. Even Brandon Sanderson is impressed and I'm sure G.R.R. Martin would give up out of a sense of inferiority if he hadn't already given up.

[Brodie Bartholomew · Rating 5 out of 5]

The audible experience for both this collection and the first collection is unmatched, I have never had an audible experience that’s been so enjoyable, fun, and entertaining - Jeff Hayes did an excellent job with the narration & Matt Dinnimon has don’t an excellent job with creating such a fun and silly story that will just pull on your emotional strings out of nowhere…

[Mike Warren]

Wildly inventive and relentlessly entertaining. The apocalypse-as-gameshow premise is ridiculous in the best possible way: loot boxes, magic stats, intergalactic talk shows, and Donut the cat, who is both a princess and a menace.

[Angelica Blacketer · Rating 5 out of 5]

FANTASTIC!! TOTALLY WORTHY OF THE HYPE!

[Major The Creative · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book in the series so for.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moods: funny
Pace: fast

[Muller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still the best weird series going. Although there are starting to be too many characters.

[Kristopher Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy how the series has brought me through one level at a time in great detail.