Good series I have read recently ...

The one which comes to mind is the Spells, Sorcery and Stealth series, starting with NPCs, then Split the Party, then Going Rogue. It is a series that starts with a group of RP'ers around a table who all suddenly die ... but is really about a group of reluctant adventurers who find a bunch of dead bodies in the pub that one of them owns ... Hopefully you get the picture. It is about the NPCs in the real world of a D and D type RPG. It is amazing and honestly fantastic. Amazing character development, amazing people.