International Games Month for Teens

Books with all the gaming vibes to read alongside International Games Month (November).

Updated October 23, 2023
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Girl gone viral
Ahmadi, Arvin
Paper Book
"Smart, timely and riveting."--The New York Times Book Review Perfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom. For seventeen-year-old Opal...
Don't hate the player
Nedd, Alexis
Paper Book
"Refreshingly voice-y, wildly smart, and genuinely hilarious." - Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue From an exciting new voice comes a funny and heartfelt YA romance set in the world of competitive gaming, perfect for...
Don't read the comments
Smith, Eric
Paper Book
"Wonderfully geeky and deeply compassionate." --Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times bestselling author In this charming novel by Eric Smith, two teen gamers find their virtual worlds--and blossoming romance--invaded by the real-world issues of trolling and doxing in the...
1:35 A.M.
Cawthon, Scott
Paper Book
  Five Nights at Freddy'sfans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night... From twisted toys to gut-wrenching games, this collection of terrifying tales is unsettling enough to mess...
Gumdrop Angel
Cawthon, Scott
Paper Book
A string of bad luck you can't seem to shake ... for Angel, Hudson and Sergio, it's an all too familiar feeling. Repulsed by her spoiled stepsister's lavish birthday party, Angel exacts a hasty and ill-fated revenge. Hudson's young life is littered with tragedyand broken dreams, but a...
Fan the fame
Priemaza, Anna
Paper Book
Sometimes before you can build something up, you have to burn it down. Fans of Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl and Jennifer Mathieu's Moxie will fall in love with this fiercely crafted YA novel about followers, fame, and fighting for what's right. Lainey wouldn't mind lugging a camera around a...
Slay
Morris, Brittney
Paper Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019! "Gripping and timely." --People "The YA debut we're most excited for this year." --Entertainment Weekly "A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that'll keep you...
Wildcard
Lu, Marie
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorThe Warcross SeriesEmika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now she knows she can no longer trust the one person she thought was on her side. This explosive sequel to Warcross will hold you captive till the very last page.
Chaotic good
Gardner, Whitney
Paper Book
Cosplay, comic shops, and college applications collide in this illustrated novel, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Noelle Steveson! Cameron's cosplay creations are finally starting to earn her attention--attention she hopes to use to get into the CalArts costume design...
Genius : the game
Gout, Leopoldo
Paper Book
Trust no one. Every camera is an eye. Every microphone an ear. Find me and we can stop him together. The Game: Get ready for Zero Hour as 200 geniuses from around the world go head to head in a competition hand-devised by India's youngest CEO and visionary. ...
Minecraft
Monster, Sf ?R.
Paper Book
Tyler is your everyday kid whose life is changed when his family has to move from the town he's always known. Thankfully, Tyler has a strong group of friends forever linked in the world of Minecraft! Tyler, along with his friends Evan, Candace, Tobi, and Grace have been going on countless adventures...
Adventures in Minecraft
O'Hanlon, Martin
Paper Book
Learn valuable programming skills while building your own Minecraft adventure! If you love playing Minecraft and want to learn how to code and create your own mods, this book was designed just for you. Working within the game itself, you'll learn to set up and run your own local...
Tales of an 8-bit kitten : lost in the nether
Cube Kid (Author of fan fiction)
Paper Book
Eeebs isn't a very disciplined kitten. His mom warned him not to play in the forest, but he didn't listen. That's how he found himself in the Nether, a bizarre world inhabited by scary creatures. In the company of a ghast, almost cheerful witch, Eeebs develops supernatural powers. ...
In real life
Doctorow, Cory
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash. Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively...
Warcross
Lu, Marie
Paper Book
"A vibrant, action-packed shot of adrenaline."--Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author "The Hunger Games meets Minecraft."--Seventeen From #1 New York Times bestselling author--when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm,...
Player's handbook
Mearls, Mike
Paper Book
Create heroic characters for the world's greatest roleplaying game.   The Player's Handbook is the essential reference for every Dungeons & Dragons roleplayer. It contains rules for character creation and advancement, backgrounds and skills, exploration...
Reboot
Tintera, Amy.
Paper Book
In this fast-paced dystopian thrill ride from New York Times-bestselling author Amy Tintera, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Legend, and Divergent, a seventeen-year-old girl returns from death as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier . . . until she is...
The eye of minds
Dashner, James
Paper Book
From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes the first book in the bestselling Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Rule of Thoughts and The Game of Lives. <...
Rush
Silver, Eve.
Paper Book
Rush pulls you headlong into the thrilling, high-stakes world of Eve Silver's teen series The Game, about teens pulled in and out of an alternate reality where battling aliens is more than a game--it's life and death. Eve Silver's teen debut offers science fiction and gaming fans romantic thrills...
Level up
Yang, Gene Luen.
Paper Book
Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant. ANew York TimesNotable Children's Book (Young Adult) for 2011 Smackdown! Video Games vs. Medical...
Brain Jack
Falkner, Brian.
Paper Book
Another terrifying sci-fi page-turner from the author of The Tomorrow Code! Las Vegas is gone--destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic near...
Walking in two worlds
Kinew, Wab
Paper Book
An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Perfect for fans of Ready Player One and the Otherworld series. In the real world, Bugz is a shy and self-conscious Indigenous...

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