Books like The Trapped Mind Project by Michael Chatfield

Learn to rethink problems and make smarter decisions with unconventional thinking techniques.

When a rich‑kid’s murder by an alien organism shakes a complacent teacher’s life, he and a rag‑tag team of school staff and a notorious criminal must unravel a conspiracy that may involve the authoritarian Spark Lords and the mysterious League of Peoples.

A semi‑pro gamer named Arnold is mistakenly resurrected into a fat farmer’s body in a fantasy world, where he must use his gaming knowledge to level up and find a second class, all while learning that farmers don’t earn experience from monsters.

The future lies within our minds... Paralyzed in a workplace accident, Lox’s life is looking bleak. He can't even use the cutting-edge hardware that would allow him to play in the full-immersion-games that have become so popular. This all changes when he hears from New Universal Frontiers, the company with the best game out there: World of Magic. They offer him the ability to use their hardware despite his injuries, but at a cost... he can never leave the game. Once in the game world, Lox quickly realizes that there is a lot more to this new realm than just a game. Given a class that everyone thinks is useless due its inherent dangers, Lox begins a long and painful series of trials, some of them explosive, almost all of them dangerous as he masters his magical abilities. As Lox explores the depths of this world's magic system, he soon discovers there is a lot more going on here than anyone ever expected.

Threadbare, a 12‑inch fluffed golem, must prove himself as a hero while helping a troubled girl amid perilous adventures and rising levels.

Ilea likes punching things. And eating. Unfortunately, there aren’t too many career options for hungry brawlers. Instead, the plan is to quit her crappy fast-food job, go to college, and become a fully functioning member of society. Essentially - a fate worse than death. So maybe it's lucky that she wakes up one day in a strange world where a bunch of fantasy monsters are trying to kill her...? On the bright side, ‘killing those monsters right back’ is now a viable career path! For she soon discovers her new home runs on a set of game-like rules that will allow her to punch things harder than in her wildest dreams. Well, maybe not her wildest dreams, but it’s close. With no quest to follow, no guide to show her the way, and no real desire to be a Hero – Ilea embarks on a journey to discover a world full of magic. Magic she can use to fight even bigger monsters. She’s struggling to survive, has no idea what will happen next, and is loving every minute of it. Except, and sometimes also, when she’s poisoned and/or has set herself on fire. It’s complicated. Read the story that took Royal Road by storm with over 60 million views and counting.

Randidly Ghosthound felt lost and alone even before the System transformed the Earth. Before every person had to deal with the sudden presence of Levels, Skills, monsters, and the very real possibility of death... Due to unusual circumstances, Randidly starts in an isolated Dungeon far beyond his Level, forced to rely on the mysterious Traveler Shal in order to learn and survive with the dangerous new status quo for his world. But survive he does, only to leave the Dungeon and discover that while he experienced several hellish months in the Dungeon, only half a day passed on Earth. Randidly's capabilities are now more than enough to help build a small enclave of survivors, but that doesn't mean balancing his sense of responsibility against the plots of an unfriendly town will be easy. And although he doesn’t know it, he needs to prepare. Because the System has sent down a Tribulation, which waits in the shadows and monitors his every move...