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...
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
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Return to the immersive, action-packed world of Warcross in this thrilling sequel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that...
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
"Genius is a breakthrough novel for young adults and others who love this mind-expanding genre. Genius is exciting, provocative, fresh, innovative, and smart, smart, smart. Please don't wait until Genius is a cult classic to read it." -- James Patterson, #1 New York...
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
Here's your ticket to a world of adventures with Minecraft and programming. Learn how to extend Minecraft and create a new gaming experience, by exploring the magical world of Minecraft programming. Adventures in Minecraft, like other books in the highly successful Adventures series...
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
From Gene Luen Yang, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and author ofAmerican Born Chinese, comes amagical realist coming-of-age tale, by turns whimsical and deadly serious. Nothing is what it seems when life collides with video games. ...

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