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The most-recommended games & recreation titles in our index, ranked by how many people recommend each.
The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko · 1996
6 recommenders
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Third Edition
Jesse Schell · 2008
3 recommenders
Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI
Matthew Sadler · 2019
Homo Ludens
Johan Huizinga · 1971
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
Garry Kasparov · 2017
The Queen’s Gambit
Walter Tevis · 2003
The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
Ryder Carroll · 1979
2 recommenders
One Up
Joost van Dreunen · 2020
Game Changer
Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan · 2019
The Biggest Game in Town
A. Alvarez · 2002
My 60 Memorable Games
Bobby Fischer · 1969
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party
Nick Gray · 2022
Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players
David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth · 1988
Chess for Tigers
Simon Webb, Edward McLachlan
Console Wars
Blake J. Harris · 2014
Winning Chess Strategy (for Kids)
Jeff Coakley, Antoine Duff · 2000
How to Reassess Your Chess
Jeremy Silman · 1993
Virtual Economies
Vili Lehdonvirta · 2014
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, Stuart Margulies, Donn Mosenfelder · 1972
The Amateur's Mind
Jeremy Silman · 1999
1 recommender
The Art of Checkmate
Georges Renaud · 2015
The Art of Planning in Chess
Neil McDonald · 2006
The Joys of Chess
Christian Hesse · 2011
The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White
Larry Kaufmann · 2012
The Logical Approach to Chess
Max Euwe · 1982
The Reassess Your Chess Workbook
Jeremy Silman · 2001
The Seven Deadly Chess Sins
Jonathan Rowson · 2000
Understanding Chess Middlegames
John Nunn · 2012
Understanding Chess Move by Move
John Nunn · 2001
Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of Fantasy Sports from the Gu y Who s Lived It
Matthew Berry · 2014
The Chess Struggle in Practice
David Bronstein · 1980
Frank Stewart's Bridge Club
Frank Stewart · 2003
Seeing Serena
Gerald Marzorati · 2020
The Compleat Strategyst
J. D. Williams · 1986
Fishing for fun--and to wash your soul
Herbert Hoover · 1963
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
Michael Craig · 2006
Lost Ocean
Johanna Basford · 2015
Positively Fifth Street
James McManus · 2004
Power Chess for Kids
Charles Hertan · 2013
Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers
Martin Gardner · 1988
Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik · 2000
The Gutsy Girl
Caroline Paul · 2016
My Great Predecessors
Garry Kasparov · 2003
Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head, By Yourself
J. Theophrastus Bartholomew · 2019
Across the River
Kent Babb · 2021
Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins
Jerome Charyn · 2002
Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess
Ivan Sokolov · 2013
Inside the Chess Mind
Jacob Aagaard · 2004
Move First, Think Later
Willy Hendriks · 2012
Practical Chess Exercises
Ray Cheng · 2007
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
Irving Chernev · 1992
Tales Out of Tulsa
Bobby Baldwin · 1985
The Noble Hustle
Colson Whitehead · 2014
Amateur to IM
Jonathan Hawkins · 2012
Applying Logic in Chess
Erik Kislik · 2018
Art of Attack in Chess
Vladimir Vukovic · 1999
Attack with Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal · 1994
Build Up Your Chess 1
Artur Yusupov · 2008
The Chess Tactics Workbook
Al Woolum · 2000
Imagination in Chess
Paata Gaprindashvili · 2004
The Master Theorem: A Book of Puzzles, Intrigue, and Wit
M · 2019
Glove and Rod Puppets
Hansjürgen Fettig · 1973
The Green Felt Jungle
Ed Reid and Ovid Demaris · 2010
Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
Celia Pearce · 2009
Maze
Christopher Manson · 1985
Frostborn
Lou Anders · 2014
A Potter’s Book
Bernard Leach · 1940
The Chess Player's Bible
James Eade, Al Lawrence, Carol & John Woodcock
Practical Chess Endings
Irving Chernev · 2015
100 Endgames You Must Know
Jesus de la Villa · 2016
Chess for Zebras
Jonathan Rowson · 2005
Chess Curiosities
Tim Krabbé · 1985
50 Essential Chess Lessons
Steve Giddins · 2006
Comprehensive Chess Course
Lev Alburt · 1988
A First Book of Morphy
Frisco Del Rosario · 2006
It's Your Move Improvers
Chris Ward · 2002
Checkmate for Children
Kevin Stark · 2010
Chess
Neil McDonald · 2004
Chess Rules of Thumb
Lev Alburt · 2003
Chess Strategy for Club Players
Herman Grooten · 2017
Chess Strategy Workbook
Todd Bardwick · 2010
Chess Tactics for Students
John A. Bain · 1994
Chess Workbook for Children
Todd Bardwick · 2006
Pandolfini's Endgame Course
Bruce Pandolfini · 1988
Ivory Vikings
Nancy Brown · 2015
Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual
Mark Dvoretsky · 2015
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
Zdenko Krnic · 2001
Modern Chess Openings
Nick De Firmian · 2008
The Method in Chess
Iossif Dorfman · 2001
Grandmaster Secrets Endings
Andrew Soltis · 1997
The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess
Andrew Soltis · 2008
How To Choose A Chess Move
Andrew Soltis · 2005
Judgment and Planning in Chess
Dr. Max Euwe · 2011
Logical Chess
Irving Chernev · 2003
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess
Patrick Wolff · 2005
Transpo Tricks in Chess
Andrew Soltis · 2007
The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States
Willford Isbell King · 1915
Man vs. Machine
Karsten Müller, Jonathan Schaeffer · 2018
Steps Method chess workbooks
Rob Brunia and Cor van Wijgerden · 2011
Square One
Bruce Pandolfini · 1994
