Somehow, it’s been 10 years since ernest cline’s ready player one was published, but we still can’t quite forget james halliday’s lush virtual world, the oasis, and the enchanting, nostalgic scavenger hunt of wade watts. If you’re looking for something just as fun and fast-paced, these 8 audiobooks are exactly what you’ve been looking for.
ready player two by ernest cline, narrated by wil wheaton
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Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.
Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological breakthrough that will once again change the world and make the oasis a thousand times more wondrous and addictive than even wade! dream possible.
With it comes a new puzzle and a new quest: one last halliday easter egg, hinting at a mystery prize.
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red uprising by pierce brown, narrated by tim gerard reynolds
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.
However, he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
but darrow and his kind have been betrayed. he soon discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. vast cities and extensive parks spread all over the planet. Darrow, and Reds like him, are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
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warcross by marie lu, narrated by nancy wu
For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down Warcross players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty-hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. To make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation.
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another world by jason segel and kirsten miller, narrated by jason segel
The company says Otherworld is amazing—like nothing you’ve ever seen before. They say it’s addictive—that you’ll want to stay forever. They promise Otherworld will make all your dreams come true.
simon thought the other world was a game. Turns out he didn’t know anything. another world is the next phase of reality. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted.
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ender’s game by orson scott card, narrated by stefan rudnicki, harlan ellison
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race’s next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew ‘Ender’ Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn’t make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
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sand by holly jennings, narrated by erin spencer
The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death. Every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Every player is a modern gladiator—leading a life of ultimate fame, responsible only for entertaining the masses.
Choosed to be the first female captain in tournament rage history, Kali Ling is on top of the world, until one of her teammates overdoses. now, she must confront the truth about the tournament. because it is much more than a game, and even in the real world, not everything is what it seems.
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dark matter by blake crouch, narrated by jon lindstrom
“Are you happy with your life?”
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before he is knocked unconscious by the masked kidnapper.
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before you wake up to find yourself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.
before a man jason never met smiles at him and says, “welcome back, buddy.”
In this world in which he has awakened, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. his wife is not his wife. his son was never born. And Jason is no ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has accomplished something extraordinary. something impossible.
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girl who went viral by arvin ahmadi, narrated by jorjeana marie
For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires.
but he can’t re-encode his father in his lifetime. When he disappeared after his tenth birthday, leaving behind only a cryptic note, Opal desperately tried to find him. and when he never showed up, she enrolled in a boarding school for technical prodigies and tried to forget.
until now. because wave, the world’s largest virtual reality platform, has announced a contest in which the winner will meet its billionaire founder. the same billionaire who worked closely with opal’s father.
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