Need some ideas to jump-start your Summer Reading? Escape into a virtual reality with these gaming novels recommended by our librarians. Don't forget to track your reading on your summer reading log! Read or listen to four books of your choice and turn in your log to the Adult Services desk by Friday, August 15 to pick out a prize book!
Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore
A champion virtual reality gamer gets tangled up in a real-life war between alien-powered magicians...Glitter-bombed popcorn fiction at its finest.-Kirkus
A transformational, transformative story about video games, three queer friends, and the code(s) they learn to survive.
Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Z. Hossain
Hossain blends futuristic technology and Arabic mythology in this rabbit hole of a mystery...Gaming enthusiasts and ancient mythology fans alike should snap this up. -Publishers Weekly
A thief who can travel through mirrors, a video game that threatens to spill out of the virtual world, a doomsday cult on a collision course with destiny, and a missing teenager at the center of it all. With the world on the brink of every kind of apocalypse, humanity needs a hero. What it gets is Sid Catchpenny.
The World of Pondside by Mary Helen Stefaniak
With help from Pondside Manor’s quirky, twentysomething kitchen worker Foster Kresowik, resident Robert Kallman creates The World of Pondside, a video game that delights the nursing home’s residents by allowing them to virtually relive blissful moments from days long past—or even create new ones...From Pondside Manor, this unlikely bunch of gamers embarks upon an astonishing journey—blissful, treacherous, and unforgettable.
A young girl, Eve, raised in a virtual reality embarks on a deadly cross-country quest to save her father… and our dying planet.
All summaries are provided by the publisher unless otherwise noted.