Has Games In It

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Updated April 6, 2025
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The bad ones
Albert, Melissa
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! Bestselling author Melissa Albert returns with The Bad Ones, a supernatural horror novel about four mysterious disappearances in a town haunted by a sinister magical history Goddess, goddess,...
In a not-so-perfect world : a novel
Alexander, Neely Tubati
Paper Book
"Tubati Alexander is a writer to watch!" --Emily Giffin One of Good Morning America's 15 books to read heading into spring and a SheReads and Zibby Mag Most Anticipated Book of the Year The author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a delightful Caribbean-set romp about an...
Dungeons and drama
Boyce, Kristy
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks! A COSMOPOLITAN BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR No one loves musicals more than Riley Morris-her dream is to be a Broadway...
Mystery royale
Cavalancia, Kaitlyn
Paper Book
"Mystery Royale dazzles with high-stakes mystery, glittering magic, and wonderfully morbid curiosities. The sharp pacing and clever reveals hooked me from the first page, while the witty, endearing characters made it impossible to put down." - Emily J. Taylor, New York Times...
Ready player one
Cline, Ernest
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. "Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix."--USA Today * "As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates."--Entertainment...
Sunrise on the reaping
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
The phenomenal fifth book in the Hunger Games series! When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for? As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell...
The Hunger Games
Collins, Suzanne.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestseller.Katniss Everdeen is a 16-yearold girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what was once the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. Now the Capitol demands one boy and one...
Immortal longings
Gong, Chloe
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER Chloe Gong's adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, is a "smart, imaginative, and brutal" (Wesley Chu, New York Times bestselling author of The War Arts Saga) collision of...
A five-letter word for love : a novel
James, Amy
Paper Book
A heartwarming and humorous romance in which an unlikely couple fall in love over Wordle. Twenty-seven-year-old Emily doesn't have a lot going well in her life right now. She dreams of a creative career but works as a receptionist in an auto shop. She longs for big city life...
Arena
Jennings, Holly
Paper Book
For video game fans and readers who loved Ready Player One (Arrow, 2012), Arena is a gripping near-future science fiction debut about the world of competitive gaming. The RAGE tournaments - the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition pitting the best gamers against each other in a fight to the...
How to dungeon master parenting : a guidebook for gamifying the child-rearing quest, leveling up your skills, and raising future adventurers
Mazzanoble, Shelly
Paper Book
2024 Zibby Awards, Best Book for Parents selection 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist, Family & Relationship  2024 American Book Fest Best Book Award Finalist, Parenting Gather your party, it's time...
Rabbits : a novel
Miles, Terry
Paper Book
A deadly underground game might just be altering reality itself in this all-new adventure set in the world of the hit Rabbits podcast. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL * "A wild ride . . . impossible to put down."--Publishers...
Cat + gamer. Volume 1
Nadatani, Wataru
Paper Book
Her coworkers can't quite figure her out - she doesn't talks about her personal life, doesn't work overtime and never joins them for happy hour. Is she antisocial? No, she's rushing home to play video games! One day, a stray cat is found in the parking lot, and before Riko knows it, the cat has...
You are fatally invited : a novel
Pliego, Ande
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An exclusive thriller writer's retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered. "Twisty and fabulously fun . . . This debut is not to be missed!"--Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen...
The no-girlfriend rule
Randall, Christen
Paper Book
An instant USA TODAY bestseller Four starred reviews! Julie Murphy meets Heartstopper with a D&D twist in this "magical, heartwarming" (Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of She Gets the Girl) queer romance about a...
Seven games : a human history
Roeder, Oliver
Paper Book
Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. InSeven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and theways their designmakesthem...
Find him where you left him dead
Simmons, Kristen
Paper Book
AT DAWN HE'LL BE GONE AND YOU'LL BE HERE FOREVER. Kristen Simmons's masterful breakout horror novel that's "Jumanji but Japanese-inspired" (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a deadly game in a nightmarish folkloric underworld. This edition includes a beautiful...
Reamde
Stephenson, Neal.
Paper Book
"Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling." --Time The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Neal Stephenson is continually rocking the literary world with his brazen and...
A Conventional Boy
Stross, Charles.
Paper Book
In this new Laundry Files adventure the fate of the world will literally depend on the roll of dice... twenty-sided dice, that is. In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another spotty teenage dungeon master growing up in middle England. But then a secret government agency tasked with...
Single Player
Tai, Tara
Paper Book
Cat Li cares about two things: video games and swoony romances. The former has meant there's not been much of the latter in her (real) life, but when she lands her dream job writing the love storylines for Compass Hollow - the next big thing in games - she knows it's all been worth it. Then she...
The Queen's gambit
Tevis, Walter S.
Paper Book
This is an exciting story of Beth, a brilliant chess player, and her eventual confrontation with the world champion, a Russian.
Cemetery kids don't die
Thompson, Zac
Paper Book
"A chilling reflection on the cost of overreliance on technology and the seductive power of virtual realities to reshape our identities and relationships, sure to resonate with both horror and science fiction fans." --Library Journal "Younger comics fans will...
The Weltall File
Weber, David
Paper Book
Come for the games. Stay for the murder. A mystery in the Gordian Division universe. The Weltall Tournament''s professional VR games were supposed to be a symbol of cooperation between SysGov and its militaristic neighbor, the Admin. But that was before star Admin player Elly...
Hide : the graphic novel
White, Kiersten
Paper Book
A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition in an abandoned amusement park comes to life in this graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling thriller. What would you do for $50,000? For Mack, the prize money would be life changing. She knows her time at the women's...
Empire of imagination : Gary Gygax and the birth of Dungeons & Dragons
Witwer, Michael
Paper Book
The first comprehensive biography of geek and gaming culture's mythic icon, Gary Gygax, and the complete story behind his invention of Dungeons & Dragons. The life story of Gary Gygax, godfather of all fantasy adventure games, has been told only in bits and pieces. Michael...
Status Royale, Vol. 1
Xu, Ru.
Paper Book
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...
Role playing
Yardley, Cathy
Paper Book
From Cathy Yardley, author of Love, Comment, Subscribe, comes an emotional rom-com about two middle-aged gamers who grow their online connection into an IRL love story. Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a...
It's only a game
Yu, Kelsea
Paper Book
In this twisty, fast-paced YA thriller, a dangerous game becomes all too real when Marina and her friends are framed for murder. When Marina Chan ran from her old life, she brought nothing with her-not even her real name. Now she lives in fear of her past being discovered. But...

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