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Books like The Viridian Gate Archives: 9 series to read next

The Viridian Gate Archives is litrpg, set in virtual world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Viridian Gate Archives is 8 books, 2016–2022.

“The digital world he wakes into is no safer than the one he left, full of ruthless players and developers eager to rebuild Earth's old inequalities in virtual form, in the opening novel of the Viridian Gate Archives.”
from the catalogue description of Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm

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Ready Player One
Richard Forthrast
Minecraft
Archemi Online Chronicles
Sprawl Trilogy
Rasmussem Corporation Games
Avatar Chronicles
Самый странный нуб / The Weirdest Noob
The Mortality Doctrine

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk and dystopia.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in our world and north america.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

MinecraftUniverse

universe207 books2014

“Somewhere in the dark a green thing is walking toward you on four stubby legs, and it does not stop and it does not speak, and when it reaches you it will hiss.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Island →

Archemi Online ChroniclesSeries

seriesJames Osiris Baldwin3 books2018

About dragons.

“Hector Park, a battle-scarred veteran of the Third World War, faces his deadliest enemy yet: a virus that will kill him in three days.”
from the catalogue description of Dragon Seed

Start with Dragon Seed →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in big city.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

Rasmussem Corporation GamesSeries

seriesVivian Vande Velde3 books1991

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in near future and virtual world.

“User Unfriendly, Heir Apparent, and Deadly Pink share the same premise and company rather than a continuing cast or plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with User Unfriendly →

Avatar ChroniclesSeries

seriesConor Kostick3 books2004

Start with Epic →

Самый странный нуб / The Weirdest NoobSeries

seriesАртём Каменистый3 books2014

Litrpg, tense and adventurous in tone, about virtual reality, set in near future and virtual world.

“Something that's causing alliances to be broken, and friendships, forgotten.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdest Noob →

The Mortality DoctrineSeries

seriesJames Dashner4 books2013

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence.

“The Eye of Minds opens James Dashner's Mortality Doctrine trilogy in a near-future where a teenage gamer is recruited to help stop a rogue hacker named Kaine who threatens mass destruction from inside the virtual world he haunts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gunner Skale →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Viridian Gate Archives?: Ready Player One — the closest match to The Viridian Gate Archives on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Viridian Gate Archives?: Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Viridian Gate Archives.
How big is The Viridian Gate Archives?: The Viridian Gate Archives is 8 books, 2016–2022.

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