Play To Live Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| AlterWorld |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Clan |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Duty |
2014 |
Buy |
| Inferno |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Battle |
2015 |
Buy |
| The War |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Ultimation |
2016 |
Buy |
| AlterWorld: A Newborn God |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Road Home |
2025 |
Buy |
Play To Live Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Stories |
2015 |
Buy |
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Cadet |
2016 |
Buy |
D. Rus is a Russian author whose Play to Live series helped bring LitRPG fiction to an international audience. LitRPG blends science fiction and fantasy with video game mechanics, and D. Rus was one of the first writers to find a mass readership with the format. His debut novel AlterWorld became a bestseller in 2013 and drew readers who had never encountered the genre before.
The Play to Live books follow characters trapped inside a virtual MMORPG where the game’s rules become the rules of their reality. The series has been translated into several languages and its success on Audible helped introduce LitRPG to English-speaking listeners.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has D. Rus written?
D. Rus has written eleven books across three series.
What was D. Rus's first book?
D. Rus’s first book is AlterWorld, published in 2013.
What is D. Rus's contribution to the LitRPG genre?
D. Rus is widely credited with helping establish LitRPG as a literary genre. His Play to Live series, beginning with AlterWorld in 2013, was among the first LitRPG novels to reach a wide international audience. The series topped bestseller charts in multiple countries and was translated into Korean, German, Polish, and Czech.