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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as game)
avg rating 3.73 — 33,040 ratings — published 2005
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as game)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,354,189 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as game)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,516 ratings — published 2008
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as game)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,510,252 ratings — published 1985
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as game)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,361,311 ratings — published 2008
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as game)
avg rating 3.97 — 999,136 ratings — published 2016
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as game)
avg rating 4.20 — 25,854 ratings — published 2017
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as game)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,555 ratings — published 2004
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as game)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,835,209 ratings — published 1996
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as game)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,418 ratings — published 2010
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as game)
avg rating 4.41 — 727,883 ratings — published 2020
The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as game)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,422 ratings — published 2007
The Art of Seduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as game)
avg rating 3.90 — 44,968 ratings — published
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as game)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,490,537 ratings — published 2022
The Running Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as game)
avg rating 3.87 — 183,437 ratings — published 1982
Models: Attract Women Through Honesty (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as game)
avg rating 4.29 — 21,460 ratings — published 2011
The Rational Male (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as game)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,524 ratings — published 2013
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as game)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,188 ratings — published 1938
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as game)
avg rating 4.04 — 35,474 ratings — published 1997
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as game)
avg rating 4.30 — 20,873 ratings — published 2003
Mass Effect: Revelation (Mass Effect, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as game)
avg rating 3.74 — 14,784 ratings — published 2007
Twisted Games (Twisted, #2)
by (shelved 14 times as game)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,176,789 ratings — published 2021
The Message Game: A Guide To Dating At The Touch Of A Button (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as game)
avg rating 4.17 — 207 ratings — published
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Mit Press)
by (shelved 14 times as game)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,033 ratings — published 2003
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as game)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,170,207 ratings — published 2020
Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as game)
avg rating 4.11 — 521 ratings — published 2008
No More Mr. Nice Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as game)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,866 ratings — published 2000
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as game)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,379,383 ratings — published 2009
The Westing Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as game)
avg rating 3.98 — 243,844 ratings — published 1978
Sex God Method (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as game)
avg rating 4.14 — 785 ratings — published 2008
Game Feel (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books)
by (shelved 11 times as game)
avg rating 3.90 — 395 ratings — published 2008
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as game)
avg rating 4.56 — 15,264 ratings — published 2014
The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as game)
avg rating 4.16 — 199,000 ratings — published 1976
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as game)
avg rating 4.46 — 484,734 ratings — published 2021
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as game)
avg rating 4.18 — 678,945 ratings — published 2021
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
by (shelved 10 times as game)
avg rating 4.14 — 441,086 ratings — published 1993
Renaissance (Assassin's Creed, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as game)
avg rating 3.71 — 20,109 ratings — published 2009
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as game)
avg rating 3.71 — 7,939 ratings — published 1986
Mass Effect: Ascension (Mass Effect, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as game)
avg rating 3.75 — 9,159 ratings — published 2008
Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as game)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,592 ratings — published 2021
Legendary (Caraval, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as game)
avg rating 4.08 — 524,501 ratings — published 2018
Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as game)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,167 ratings — published 2010
Halo: The Fall of Reach (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as game)
avg rating 4.26 — 38,279 ratings — published 2001
Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as game)
avg rating 3.84 — 367 ratings — published 2007
Dungeon Masters Guide (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as game)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,334 ratings — published 1979
How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design (Playful Thinking)
by (shelved 8 times as game)
avg rating 3.58 — 504 ratings — published 2016
How to Be a 3% Man, Winning the Heart of the Woman of Your Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as game)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,554 ratings — published 2006
Warcross (Warcross, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as game)
avg rating 4.12 — 125,048 ratings — published 2017
Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as game)
avg rating 4.47 — 556 ratings — published 2013
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as game)
avg rating 3.60 — 344 ratings — published 2006
“They are playing a game. They are playing at not playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game”
― Knots
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