The Wandering Inn
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The Wandering Inn
Pirateaba
4 people recommended it in 4 threads, 2022–2025.
What people on Hacker News said
This is a story about a college student who randomly gets teleported into a fantasy world one day when going to the restroom. She stumbles upon an inn and takes over as the innkeeper. It's a fun story with great worldbuilding that spans multiple continents.
Features extensive world building, character building, Lots of fleshed out characters, contains humour as well as serious stuff, has dragons, fae, aliens, time travel, hiveminds, automatons, cute pets, cosmic horrors, history lessons, magic, alchemy and steampunk engineering.
It's a webnovel, litRPG, slice of life, rememeberable cast of characters, with most of the characters getting extensive character building. Has dragons, aliens, time travel, fae etc. Also has modern pop references.
Where it comes up
- My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before 2025 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately? 2023 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What Books Do You Recommend Reading for 2022? 2022 · 1 recommendation