Ready Player One by Ernest ClineFrom Goodreads: In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden...
Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People Who Play Themby Jamie MadiganFrom Goodreads: Video games are big business. They can be addicting. They are available almost anywhere you go and are appealing to people of all ages. They can eat...
The Yellow Birds by Kevin PowersFrom Goodreads: In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to...
The False Prince (Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A. NielsenFrom Goodreads: The False Prince is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontent kingdom, civil war is...
Calamity (Reckoners ; #3) by Brandon SandersonFrom Goodreads: When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. David’s fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. Steelheart killed his father. Firefight stole his heart. And now Regalia has turned his...
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom StandageFrom Goodreads: Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course...
The Bees by Laline PaullFrom Goodreads: Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother, the...
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainFrom Goodreads: Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk is a razor-sharp satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq. It explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad.Ben Fountain’s remarkable debut novel...
Native Son by Richard WrightFrom Goodreads: Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught...
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormickFrom Goodreads: This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.Based on the...
