What kind of games do you like?

EPIC FANTASY OR HISTORICAL WAR GAMES

HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS

SPORTS GAMES

PUZZLE GAMES

FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS

SOCIAL SIMULATIONS

NOVELS WITH GAMING PLOTS

IF YOU ENJOY EPIC FANTASY OR HISTORICAL WAR GAMES - like Everquest, Runescape, World of Warcraft, Ultima, Lineage - THEN TRY THESE BOOKS:

THE STERKARM HANDSHAKE
by Susan Price

DRAGONLANCE SERIES
by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickam

FORGOTTEN REALMS SERIES
by R.A. Salvatore

THE HUNTING OF THE LAST DRAGON
by Sherryl Jordon

ERAGON
by Christopher Paolini

OTHER SUGGESTED AUTHORS:
T.A. Barron, Robert Jordan, C.S. Lewis, Garth Nix, Philip Pullman

IF YOU ENJOY HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS - like Civilization 3, Caesar, Pharoah - THEN TRY THESE BOOKS:

TROY
by Adele Geras

LONDON
by Edward Rutherfurd

OTHER SUGGESTED AUTHORS:
Gary Blackwood, Peter Dickinson, Donna Jo Napoli, Julius Lester, Rosemary Sutcliff

IF YOU ENJOY SPORTS GAMES - like Madden Football, NBA Street, Need for Speed, WWF, Golf Tiger Woods - THEN TRY THESE BOOKS:

INTO THIN AIR
by Jon Krakauer

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
by H.G. Bissinger

THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING

OTHER SUGGESTED AUTHORS:
Chris Crutcher, Thomas Dygard, Will Hobbs, Rich Wallace

IF YOU ENJOY PUZZLE GAMES - like Myst, Tetris, Sudoko, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, Brain Age - THEN TRY THESE BOOKS:

CHASING VERMEER
by Blue Balliett

THE DA VINCI CODE
by Dan Brown

BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE: THE INSIDE STORY OF SIX MIT STUDENTS WHO TOOK VEGAS FOR MILLIONS
by Ben Mezrich

THE WESTING GAME
by Ellen Raskin

OTHER SUGGESTED AUTHORS:
William E. Coles, Vivian Vande Velde, Michael Crichton

IF YOU ENJOY FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS - like America's Army, Quake, Halo, Doom, Counterstrike - THEN TRY THESE BOOKS:

BLACK HORSES FOR THE KING
by Anne McCaffrey

SOLDIER BOYS
by Dean Hughes

BATTLE DRESS
by Amy Efaw

OTHER SUGGESTED AUTHORS:
John Marsden, Harry Mazer, James Collier, Tom Clancy, Robert Westall

IF YOU ENJOY SOCIAL SIMULATIONS - like The Sims, Teen Second Life - THEN TRY THESE BOOKS:

CLAWS
by Will Weaver

FLIP
by David Lubar

OTHER SUGGESTED AUTHORS:
Mel Glenn, M.E. Kerr, Cecily von Ziegesar

NOVELS WITH GAMING PLOTS