A Parade of Horribles

Hardback Published on: 14/05/2026
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Bookseller Reviews

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A Parade of Horribles
My favourite book of the series!
I can't adequately describe how much I loved this! If you've already read the rest of the books in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series then you already know... READ MORE
Helen at Scarborough
A Parade of Horribles
Deserves a celestial loot box!
Dinniman at his best! Beautiful, complex characters, raised stakes and an ending more twisted than the dungeon AI. Once again, the DCC series delivers the ... READ MORE
Hannah at Durham Arnison
A Parade of Horribles
Welcome crawlers, welcome to the 10th floor
We are launched straight into the chaos of the 10th floor with as little agency as the crawlers themselves! Wacky races but turned up to 11. How Matt manag... READ MORE
Steven Duffy
A Parade of Horribles
Somehow, things get crazier!
This is a review containing no spoilers for book 8, and only passing mentions of the previous books (kept to a minimum). We’re now 8 books deep into thi... READ MORE
Bookseller Adam, Lichfield

Synopsis

It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.

As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.

Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.”

Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.

Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.

So Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241836880
  • Number of pages: 704
  • Dimensions: 244 x 166 x 58 mm
  • Weight: 968g
  • Languages: English

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A Parade of Horribles
AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! That is a reaction meaning I loved this wild race of a book and I am so happy I got to read it and learned many new thi... READ MORE
K. Bickmore
A Parade of Horribles
Another great installment
A have absolutely loved every book in this series and I don’t see them slowing down now. Every entry has so much humor and heart and a little devastation t... READ MORE
Kaitlyn May
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.