Stories Featuring Games or Contests

Description
Books about games or contests or that use a game motif.
1
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
22,119 members
1,384 reviews
4
4 Members
hipdeep, Moomin_Mama, aethercowboy, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
8,775 members
141 reviews
4
3 Members
Moomin_Mama, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Thud!
by Terry Pratchett
11,175 members
159 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse
7,657 members
116 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, spiphany
6
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
3,632 members
235 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Seaward
by Susan Cooper
751 members
12 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
8
The Long Walk
by Stephen King
6,481 members
148 reviews
3.9
Member
Moomin_Mama
9
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig
4,976 members
140 reviews
4.1
Member
spiphany
10
The Running Man
by Stephen King
4,581 members
90 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
11
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein
4,352 members
132 reviews
4
Member
aethercowboy
12
The Natural
by Bernard Malamud
2,229 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
13
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins (The Adventure Zone, 1)
by Clint McElroy
1,399 members
28 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Homeward Bounders
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,093 members
21 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Sleeping Dragon
by Joel Rosenberg
971 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
16
Interstellar Pig
by William Sleator
771 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
Moomin_Mama
17
The True Game
by Sheri S. Tepper
704 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
18
Burning Bright
by Melissa Scott
389 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
19
Gameplayers of Zan
by M. A. Foster
294 members
6 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
20
The Destiny Dice
by David Bischoff
116 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Moomin_Mama
21
Baseball's Best Short Stories
by Paul D. Staudohar
87 members
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
22
Dungeon of Doom
by Franklin W. Dixon
81 members
½ 3.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
23
Homerooms and Hall Passes
by Tom O'Donnell
76 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
115,464 members
959 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
Dilara86,ManWithAnAgenda
26
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
45,473 members
1,121 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
jeffza,ManWithAnAgenda
27
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
22,406 members
1,354 reviews
4
28
Sleepless
by Charlie Huston
519 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7