Stories Featuring Games or Contests

Description
Books about games or contests or that use a game motif.
1
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
22,389 members
1,391 reviews
4
4 Members
hipdeep, Moomin_Mama, aethercowboy, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
8,845 members
141 reviews
4
3 Members
Moomin_Mama, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Thud!
by Terry Pratchett
11,254 members
161 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse
7,723 members
119 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, spiphany
6
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
3,667 members
237 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Moomin_Mama, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Seaward
by Susan Cooper
755 members
12 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
8
The Long Walk
by Stephen King
6,585 members
156 reviews
3.9
Member
Moomin_Mama
9
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig
5,064 members
141 reviews
4.1
Member
spiphany
10
The Running Man
by Stephen King
4,649 members
92 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
11
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein
4,410 members
132 reviews
4
Member
aethercowboy
12
The Natural
by Bernard Malamud
2,242 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
13
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins (The Adventure Zone, 1)
by Clint McElroy
1,414 members
28 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Homeward Bounders
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,098 members
21 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Sleeping Dragon
by Joel Rosenberg
977 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
16
Interstellar Pig
by William Sleator
775 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
Moomin_Mama
17
The True Game
by Sheri S. Tepper
706 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
spiphany
18
Burning Bright
by Melissa Scott
385 members
7 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
19
Gameplayers of Zan
by M. A. Foster
295 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
89 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
78 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
116,479 members
967 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
Dilara86,ManWithAnAgenda
26
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
45,721 members
1,127 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
jeffza,ManWithAnAgenda
27
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
22,627 members
1,358 reviews
4
28
Sleepless
by Charlie Huston
523 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7