Ready Player One

By Ernest Cline

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
  • Release Date: 2011-08-16
  • Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 11,081 Ratings

Description

#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 Weekly

A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.

When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. 

Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly San Francisco Chronicle Village Voice Chicago Sun-Times iO9 The AV Club

“Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”HuffPost

“An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN

“A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”Boston Globe

“Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR

“[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”iO9

Reviews

  • This book is just amazing!

    5
    By da best book reviwer
    So good!
  • …..

    5
    By hehanscxhdns
    GOAT
  • The best book I’ve read in years

    5
    By reallifecyborg
    Absolutely the best book I’ve read in years, and I wasn’t even alive in the 80s, so the 80 s nostalgia, even though I loved it, didn’t bring me in as much as other older readers. Best book I’ve read since Harry Potter
  • Fun Read!

    5
    By Ac96
    If you love sci-fi , VR Gaming, and Willy Wonka this is a must read.
  • Amazing

    5
    By Trey2336
    This book is the best book I have ever read and I read a lot of books I can’t wait to read ready player two and for all you haters if you didn’t like to are crazy and pathetic.
  • Great

    5
    By asapp90
    This is a great book if you’re a video game enthusiast and 80s fan. Easy to read and keeps you on your seat the entire time.
  • Disgusted by this

    1
    By icantbeliveineedausername
    This book has f bombs and s bombs alike. It is also against religious people. This book would be great if it wasn’t so woke. Please don’t read- the movie is 10x better- without the language and everything else.
  • Thank you Ernest

    5
    By lol i hate my life
    This book is..... wow. From page 300 to the final battle I knew what was going down. It was crazy, intense, and above all, entertaining.
  • Ready Player 1

    5
    By Drewh22215
    Such an enjoyable read. You get so lost in the adventure, highly recommend.
  • Loved it

    5
    By cooldoggie9
    I loved the mix of the love for the 80’s and a futuristic bit of vr