2023 DCL Reading Challenge: Book Featuring a Game

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All-new challenge items to inspire you to read more and have fun! Read any of the titles on this list to get a step closer to finishing our 2023 challenge and winning a prize. All-new challenge items to inspire you to read more and have fun! Read any of the titles on this list to get a step closer to finishing our 2023 challenge and winning a prize. Show less

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Zevin, Gabrielle

Book - 2022

Meet two friends—often in love, but never lovers—who come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. Meet two friends—often in love, but never lovers—who come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. Show less

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The Ink Black Heart

by Galbraith, Robert

Book - 2022

PI Cormoran Strike and his partner, Robin Ellacott, must find the murderer of a co-creator of a popular cartoon by infiltrating an online game and its players. PI Cormoran Strike and his partner, Robin Ellacott, must find the murderer of a co-creator of a popular cartoon by infiltrating an online game and its players. Show less

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Rabbits

A Novel

by Miles, Terry

Book - 2021

A surreal techno-thriller where a deadly underground alternate reality game could be altering reality itself. A surreal techno-thriller where a deadly underground alternate reality game could be altering reality itself. Show less

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We Are Watching Eliza Bright

by Osworth, A. E.

Book - 2021

Eliza is one of only two female programmers at a gaming company. Unfortunately, her presence isn't welcomed, particularly in the programming department, where she becomes a source of ridicule and faces harassment. Eliza is one of only two female programmers at a gaming company. Unfortunately, her presence isn't welcomed, particularly in the programming department, where she becomes a source of ridicule and faces harassment. Show less

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Loathe at First Sight

A Novel

by Park, Suzanne

Book - 2020

An enemies-to-lovers office romance at a video gaming company! Count this read twice, as it also qualifies in the Pun in the Title category. An enemies-to-lovers office romance at a video gaming company! Count this read twice, as it also qualifies in the Pun in the Title category. Show less

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The Never Game

by Deaver, Jeffery

Book - 2019

All right, everyone! It’s time to play a little game known as The Whispering Man. The rules: You are taken away and isolated, and given only five objects....Show more All right, everyone! It’s time to play a little game known as The Whispering Man. The rules: You are taken away and isolated, and given only five objects. It’s up to you how you use them to free yourself before time runs out. OK, are you ready to play? Show less

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Armada

A Novel

by Cline, Ernest

Book - 2015

Teenager Zack Lightman is the sixth-best Armada player in the world, a sci-fi shoot ‘em up where you pilot a ship blasting away alien invaders. But the ga...Show more Teenager Zack Lightman is the sixth-best Armada player in the world, a sci-fi shoot ‘em up where you pilot a ship blasting away alien invaders. But the game was really designed to find the best pilots in the world and Zack discovers he’s been drafted in a real-life war against aliens. Show less

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Ready Player One

A Novel

by Cline, Ernest

Book - 2011

Welcome to the Oasis. Reality sucks but virtual reality makes life really worth living in the year 2044. Follow Wade Watts as he tries to solve the puzzles the Oasis's deceased creator left behind. And the prize? Become the owner of the Oasis. Welcome to the Oasis. Reality sucks but virtual reality makes life really worth living in the year 2044. Follow Wade Watts as he tries to solve the puzzles the Oasis's deceased creator left behind. And the prize? Become the owner of the Oasis. Show less

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Heir Apparent

by Vivian Vande Velde

eBook - 2004

Giannine enters a full-immersion virtual reality game, Heir Apparent, to compete to rule a kingdom. The problem? If Giannine loses, she might not be able to actually leave the game. Giannine enters a full-immersion virtual reality game, Heir Apparent, to compete to rule a kingdom. The problem? If Giannine loses, she might not be able to actually leave the game. Show less

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Ender's Game

by Card, Orson Scott

Book - 1977

Meet Ender Wiggins, a talented little boy who has the fate of the world on his shoulders. After an extensive period of monitoring, Ender attends a school ...Show more Meet Ender Wiggins, a talented little boy who has the fate of the world on his shoulders. After an extensive period of monitoring, Ender attends a school for gifted children where he trains to learn the techniques to battle the buggers, an alien life form. Show less

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