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Author
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2015-
Language
English
Description
Meet Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister who are loser shut-ins by normal standards. But these siblings don't play by the rules of the "crappy game" that is average society. In the world of gaming, this genius pair reigns supreme, their invincible avatar so famous that it's the stuff of urban legend. So when a young boy calling himself God summons the siblings to a fantastic alternate world where war is forbidden and all conflicts--even those involving...
3) Heartless
Author
Series
Immortal enemies novels (Showalter) volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After receiving a long-awaited heart transplant, a professional gamer girl begins to develop strange abilities and is soon launched into a mysterious world filled with fantastical and deadly creatures and ruled over by an extremely seductive man.
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
At home, Divya and Aaron grapple with their problems alone, but in the game, they have each other to face infinite new worlds...and the growing legion of trolls populating them. Soon the virtual harassment seeps into reality when a group called the Vox Populi begin launching real-world doxxing campaigns, threatening Aaron's dreams and Divya's actual life. The online trolls think they can drive her out of the game, but everything and everyone Divya...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After rising to rule as the king and queen of the remaining humans in the world of Disboard, gamer siblings Sora and Shiro bail out of an unwinnable romance game against the races of Dhampir and Siren! To uncover the true strategy to beat it, they head for the home of the angelic Flügel: the flying city of Avant Heim! But the Flügel are a mad race of god killers--will things really go as Sora and Shiro plan? Can our one-winged gamers together conquer...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one friend left: the wonderful, funny, strictly online-only MagePants69. After years playing RPGs together, they know everything about each other, except anything that would give away their real life identities. And Noah is certain that if they could just meet in person, they would be soulmates. Noah would do anything to make this happen--including finally leaving his gaming chair to join a community...
Author
Series
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Ten Again, a tabletop gaming store that attracts nerds of every kind and fosters a community Autumn's pretty proud of--a community that also keeps business afloat. And now that Autumn's in the running for a grant, Ten Again's future is looking bright. Autumn has everything she could possibly want: Loving friends, a successful business, and a gaggle of gamers in her store every day. That is, until one of Autumn's gamers is mysteriously murdered....
Author
Series
TransDimensional hunter volume 2
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Becoming a global celebrity overnight would make most people happy. Not Lynn Raven. As a teenage gaming prodigy, she's enjoyed years of anonymity behind the virtual mask of Larry Coughlin, war-hardened vet and virtual gaming mercenary. But now Lynn has stepped out of the shadows to compete in the cutting-edge augmented reality game TransDimensional Hunter that has taken the world by storm. And she's winning. But with success has come swarms of paparazzi...
9) Firebreak
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"New Liberty City, 2134. Two corporations have replaced the US, splitting the country's remaining forty-five states (five have been submerged under the ocean) between them: Stellaxis Innovations and Greenleaf. There are nine supercities within the continental US, and New Liberty City is the only amalgamated city split between the two megacorps, and thus at a perpetual state of civil war as the feeds broadcast the atrocities committed by each side....
Author
Series
Ponto Beach Reunion romances volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance, an imprint of Amazon Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Back in high school, Lily Wang wanted to be popular, but she considered herself lucky to be part of a tight group of oddballs and honors students called the Nerd Herd. Now, at twenty-eight, she feels like she's finally on the cusp of succeeding as a beauty influencer-if she can hit five million subscribers, brands will take notice and she could get her own makeup line. Fellow Nerd Herd alum Tobin Bui has had a lot of success as a YouTube gamer. But...
11) The never game
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw. A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a "reward seeker," traveling the country to help police solve crimes and private citizens locate missing persons. But what seems a simple investigation...
Series
Cat + gamer volume 4
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A second cat joins the household! Ready Player 3 - as a new furry friend joins the fray! 'Leveling up' in skills, surprises, and adventures extends to real life, as avid gamer Riko discovers what it's like living with two cats!"--
Series
Cat + gamer volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds her quiet life upended when she takes in a stray cat! Having no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through a cat's worldview."--Page [4] of cover.
Series
Cat + gamer volume 3
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Musubi, her cute new companion, tries to understand Riko's behavior through a cat's worldview. Enjoying their time together, Riko learns more about cohabitating with a cat, as lessons in grooming, play, and personal space continue to be learned"--
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Joe, a mysterious new face in Infinity City, has suddenly become the hottest, undefeated new player at the Round House arcade. But when his most formidable challenge yet rolls into town, Joe’s forced to combo his powers with a joystick, his fists...and his family’s secret fighting legacy!"--
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
You are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your eye. It is a groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide.
Author
Series
Walking in two worlds volume 1
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"An indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds both real and virtual in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and reserve life. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massive multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has...
Author
Series
Dreamwalker chronicles volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After her brother is kidnapped during a fire, Jessica Drake uses clues left behind on his computer to track him down in another world in this new fantasy saga from the author of the Magister trilogy.
All her life Jessica Drake has dreamed of other worlds, some of them similar to her own, others disturbingly alien. She never shares the details with anyone, save her younger brother Tommy, a compulsive gamer who incorporates some aspects of Jessica's...
19) MindWar: a novel
Author
Series
MindWar trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Rick Dial has the potential to be a hero. He just doesn't know it yet. Rick's high school football team couldn't be stopped when he was leading them as their quarterback. He was going to Syracuse on a scholarship. But then his dad abandoned them and a terrible accident left him crippled.Certain his old life is completely lost, Rick spends months hiding away in his room playing video games. He achieves the highest scores on so many games that he'sapproached...
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Go for the throne in Status Royale! Choose your teammates carefully and rank up fast because in the world of esports, anyone can snatch the crown! Status Royale is THE game to master if you want to join the rank of elite players in the competitive world of VR esports. Vell is just having fun as a casual gamer with her best friend and teammate Jun teaching her the tips and tricks…until he shuts her down and skips town! Vell’s competitive spirit...
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