Books like Ready Player One

Virtual reality becomes reality in this thrilling sci-fi adventure. When teenage gamer Zack Lightman witnesses a flying saucer straight out of his favorite video game, he realizes that the world of fiction is not so far off from the real world. With his gaming skills and those of millions of others worldwide, they must band together to save the earth from an impending alien invasion. Will Zack finally get his chance to be the hero he's always dreamed of being? Ernest Cline's Armada is a genre-bending classic, combining coming of age themes with a subversive twist on classic sci-fi tropes.

In a world where Warcross is more than just a game, teenage hacker Emika Chen struggles to make a living as a bounty hunter. But when she accidentally glitches herself into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships, she catches the attention of the game's elusive creator, Hideo Tanaka. He offers her a job as a spy within the tournament to uncover a security problem. Emika is whisked off to Tokyo, where her investigation uncovers a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.