Ready Player One

In 2045, the real world is a bleak place. Most of humanity escapes into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual universe. When its deceased creator announces that he's hidden an Easter egg inside the OASIS—and the finder will inherit his fortune—teenager Wade Watts joins billions in the hunt. Ernest Cline's Ready Player One is a pop-culture-drenched adventure through 1980s nostalgia wrapped in a VR treasure hunt. The book that brought virtual-world fiction to mainstream audiences, later adapted into a Spielberg film.