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Player Manager Books in Order

by Ted SteelLiterature & Fiction

6 books so far (book 7 is due October 20, 2026). They run from Player Manager: A Sports Progression Fantasy (2023) to Player Manager 6: A Sports Progression Fantasy (2025). Rated 4.9 across 710 listener reviews.

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Player Manager 7: A Sports Progression Fantasy

Book 7 · out October 20, 2026 · preorder now

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Reading order

  1. Player Manager: A Sports Progression Fantasy

    Book 1 2023 4.8 (193)

    Could a seemingly average Premier League fan oversee a football club better than a top manager? Max is starting to think so . . . Max Best is not living his—ahem—best life.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. Player Manager 2: A Sports Progression Fantasy

    Book 2 2023 4.8 (136)

    Most Premier League fans are happy to cheer from the stands, but one fan—armed with some serious RPG talent—is taking his football pride onto the pitch.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. Player Manager 3

    Book 3 2024 4.9 (109)

    One uniquely gifted football fan goes from face-in-the-crowd to manager-to-remember as this electrifying LitRPG series for fans of Ted Lasso continues.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. Player Manager 4: A Sports Progression Fantasy

    Book 4 2024 4.9 (99)

    Footie's number-one fanatic continues his climb to become number-one manager in the fourth installment of this fast-paced, electrifying LitRPG series. Football is a game of steps: Quick steps. Trick steps. Even sneaky, slick steps.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  5. Player Manager 5: A Sports Progression Fantasy

    Book 5 2025 4.9 (73)

    A one-time football fanatic continues his fight to become an all-time legend of the game in the fifth book of this hard-hitting, humorous sports LitRPG. Max Best was on a roll.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  6. Player Manager 6: A Sports Progression Fantasy

    Book 6 2025 5.0 (100)

    The world's most gifted fan is building the league's most exciting squad in the thrilling continuation of this fun-filled European football LitRPG series.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  7. Player Manager 7: A Sports Progression Fantasy

    Book 7 Out October 20, 2026

    This lightning-fast LitRPG series finds a tech-enhanced European football genius at the top of his game—but staying there may be more than he can handle . . .

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Player Manager is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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