The Myth of Normal
Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté
Published 2022
576 pages
The most popular games books of 2022
Games books help you play better and enjoy more. Chess, cards, board games, tabletop role-playing and video games are all covered, with rules, strategy, guides and histories. They suit those who play to win and those who just want to gather friends round a table. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.
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Slaying the Dragon A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons
Ben Riggs
Published 2022
304 pages
Seven Games A Human History
Oliver Roeder
Published 2022
272 pages
Imaginable How to Create a Hopeful Future--In Your Own Life, Your Community, the World
Jane McGonigal
2022 · 2023 edition
432 pages
Pinball A Graphic History of the Silver Ball
Jon Chad
Published 2022
208 pages
Control Freak My Epic Adventure Making Video Games
Cliff Bleszinski
Published 2022
320 pages
A Spelljammer
H. P. Lovecraft, Robert W. Chambers, John Gregory Betancourt, Dragons
Published 2022
3 pages
They Came To Slay
Thom James Carter
Published 2022
Fight, Magic, Items The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West
Aidan Moher
Published 2022
320 pages
Chess Queens The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time
Jennifer Shahade
Published 2022
389 pages
Math Games with Bad Drawings 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games and and Why They Matter
Ben Orlin
Published 2022
368 pages
500 Years Later
Matt Leone
Published 2022
240 pages
Might Bite The Secret Life of a Gambling Addict
Patrick Foster, Will Macpherson
Published 2022
256 pages
Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game
David Kushner
Published 2022
99 pages
Make Your Own Board Game Designing, Building, and Playing an Original Tabletop Game
Jesse Terrance Daniels
Published 2022
144 pages
Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'em Expert Advice for Winning Heads-Up Poker Matches
Collin Moshman
Published 2022
408 pages
GoldenEye 007
Alyse Knorr
Published 2022
256 pages
The Game Master's Book of Traps, Puzzles and Dungeons A Punishing Collection of Bone-crunching Contraptions, Brain-teasing Riddles and Stamina-testing Encounter Locations for 5th Edition RPG Adventures
Jeff Ashworth, Kyle Hilton, Jasmine Bhullar, Three Black Halflings
Published 2022
256 pages
Shareware Heroes The Renegades Who Redefined Gaming at the Dawn of the Internet
Richard C. Moss
2022 · 2023 edition
352 pages
Everybody Wins Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made
James Wallis
2022 · 2023 edition
224 pages
Jackpot How Gambling Conquered Britain
Rob Davies
2022 · 2023 edition
384 pages
ELDEN RING OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE, The Lands Between
Future Press, FromSoftware, Inc. (Tokyo, New York)
Published 2022
509 pages
Wishy Washy A Board Book of First Words and Colors for Growing Minds
Tabitha Paige, Paige Tate & Co.
Published 2022
36 pages
Halo Encyclopedia
Microsoft
Published 2022
488 pages