gamebook A gamebook is a work of printed fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices. The narrative branches along various paths, typically through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages. Each narrative typically does not ...

series Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used i ...

Joe Dever Joseph Robert Dever, also known as Joe Dever (12 February 1956 – 29 November 2016) was an English fantasy author and game designer. Originally a musician, Dever became the first British winner of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' Championship ...

Be An Interplanetary Spy ''Be An Interplanetary Spy'' is a series of twelve interactive children's science fiction books designed by Byron Preiss Visual Publications and first published by Bantam Books from 1983 to 1985. Presentation Aimed at younger readers, these books ...

Car Wars ''Car Wars'' is a vehicle combat simulation game developed by Steve Jackson Games. It was first published in 1980. Players control armed vehicles in a post-apocalyptic future. Game play In ''Car Wars'', players assume control of one or more ca ...

Choose Your Own Adventure ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actio ...

R. A. Montgomery Raymond Almiran Montgomery Jr.Edward Packard and others (200+ books) * ''The Cluster of Echoes'', written by Victoria Hancox (6 books planned, 5 published so far) * ''Combat Heroes'', written by Joe Dever (4 books) * '' Cretan Chronicles'', written by John Butterfield, David Honigmann and Philip Parker (3 books) * ''Crossroads Adventures'', written by

Jody Lynn Nye Jody Lynn Nye (born 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer. She is the author or co-author of approximately forty published novels and more than 100 short stories. She has specialized in science fiction or fantasy acti ...

and others (14 books) * '' Doctor Who: Decide Your Destiny'', written by various authors (17 books advertised, 16 published) * '' DestinyQuest'', written by Michael J. Ward (6+ books planned, 4 published so far) * ''Destiny's Role'', written by Mark Lain (8 books planned, 4 published so far) * ''Diceman'' comic, written and illustrated by various authors and artists (5 issues) * ''Do Over Novels'', written by

Heather McElhatton Heather McElhatton is a writer and producer for Public Radio International. McElhatton produced the literary series '' Talking Volumes'' from 2001 to 2006. From 2005 to 2007 she hosted the live variety show ''Stage Sessions'' for Minnesota Publi ...

(2 books) * ''Double Game'', written by Simon Farrell and Jon Sutherland (4 books) * ''

Dragontales Dragontales was a series of gamebooks written by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz as "Rhondi Vilott" and published by Signet in the 1980s. The books place the reader in the role of a young man or woman in various fantasy countries inhabited by a variety o ...

'', written by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz as Rhondi Vilott (14 books) * '' DuelMaster'', written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (8 books) * ''

Endless Quest The ''Endless Quest'' books were three series of gamebooks. The first one was released in the 1980s by TSR, while the following two were released by Wizards of the Coast. Originally, these books were the result of an Educational department establi ...

'', written by

Rose Estes Rose Estes is the author of many fantasy and science fiction books, including full-length novels and multiple choice gamebooks. Career As an employee of Tactical Studies Rules (TSR), Rose Estes came up with an idea for a new sort of game, which w ...

and others, the majority of the books based on

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...

(36 books) * ''Escape from Tenopia'', written by Edward Packard and

Richard Brightfield Richard Brightfield (born 1927) is an American writer of children's gamebooks. He wrote a number of Choose Your Own Adventure books, and was the first author to establish himself within that series after its founders Edward Packard and R.A. Mon ...

(4 books) * ''Escape from the Kingdom of Frome'', written by Edward Packard and

Richard Brightfield Richard Brightfield (born 1927) is an American writer of children's gamebooks. He wrote a number of Choose Your Own Adventure books, and was the first author to establish himself within that series after its founders Edward Packard and R.A. Mon ...

(4 books) * ''Eternal Champions'', written by Jamie Thomson (2 books) * ''Explore-A-Quest'', created by Anthony Lampe (6 books) * ''

Fabled Lands Fabled Lands is a series of fantasy gamebooks written by established gamebook authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson and published by Pan Books, a division of Macmillan in the mid 1990s. Cover art was by Kevin Jenkins with Russ Nicholson and Arun ...

'', written by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson (12 books planned, 7 published so far) * ''Falcon'', written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson (6 books) * ''Fantom Empires'', written by Jon Sutherland (5 books advertised but only 1 published) * ''Fatemaster'', written by Paul Vernon (3 books advertised, 2 published) * ''

Fighting Fantasy ''Fighting Fantasy'' is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volume in the series was published in paperback by Puffin in 1982. The series distinguished itself by mixing Choos ...

'', created by Steve Jackson and

Ian Livingstone Sir Ian Livingstone (born 29 December 1949) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. Along with Steve Jackson, he is the co-founder of a series of role-playing gamebooks, ''Fighting Fantasy'', and the author of many books within that se ...

, written by various authors (71 books published so far) * ''Fighting Fantazine'' magazine, written by various authors (17 issues) * ''Follow Your Heart Romance'', written by Jan Gelman and

Caroline B. Cooney Caroline B. Cooney (born May 10, 1947) is an American author of suspense, Romance novel, romance, horror fiction, horror, and mystery fiction, mystery books for young adults. Biography Cooney was born in 1947 in Geneva, New York. She grew up in ...

(10 books) * ''Football Fantasy'' (10 books advertised, 8 published) * ''Forbidden Gateway'', written by Ian and Clive Bailey (2 books) * ''

Freeway Warrior ''Freeway Warrior'' is a series of four gamebooks, created by Joe Dever. The books were published between 1988 and 1989, detailing the complete story of a band of nuclear holocaust survivors as they flee Texas to the relative safety of Californi ...

'', written by

Joe Dever Joseph Robert Dever, also known as Joe Dever (12 February 1956 – 29 November 2016) was an English fantasy author and game designer. Originally a musician, Dever became the first British winner of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' Championship ...

(4 books) * ''Gamebook Adventures'', written by Simon Osbourne and Andrew Wright (3 books advertised but only 1 published) * ''Ghostly, Time Travelling Gamebooks'', written by Joseph Daniels (2 books) * ''

Give Yourself Goosebumps ''Give Yourself Goosebumps'' is a children's horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular ''Goosebumps'' books, Scholastic Press decided to create this spin-off series in 1995. In fact, Stine had written gameb ...

'', written by

R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "St ...

(42 books) * '' Golden Dragon Fantasy Gamebooks'', written by Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson (6 books) * ''

GrailQuest GrailQuest is a series of gamebooks by J. H. Brennan. The books are illustrated by John Higgins. The stories follow the adventures of a young hero named Pip, who is often called upon by Merlin to right wrongs and save the realm from evil. The ser ...

'', written by

J.H. Brennan James Herbert "Herbie" Brennan (born Ireland, 5 July 1940) is a lecturer and the author of over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for adults, teens, and children. Biography Brennan's '' Man, Myth & Magic'' was published by Yaquinto Publicatio ...

(8 books) * ''Hark'', written by

R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "St ...

(2 books) * ''Hellscape'', written by David Lowrie (3 books advertised but only 1 published) * ''HeroQuest'', written by Dave Morris (3 books) * ''Horror Classics'', written by

J.H. Brennan James Herbert "Herbie" Brennan (born Ireland, 5 July 1940) is a lecturer and the author of over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for adults, teens, and children. Biography Brennan's '' Man, Myth & Magic'' was published by Yaquinto Publicatio ...

(2 books) * ''Interactive Adventures'', written by Dane Barrett (7 books) * ''Just Make a Choice'', written by Bob Powers (2 books) * ''

Knightmare ''Knightmare'' is a British children's adventure game show, created by Tim Child, and broadcast over eight series on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. The general format of the show is of a team of four children – one who take ...

'', written by Dave Morris (6 books) * ''

Legends of Skyfall The Legends of Skyfall was a series of four adventure gamebooks written by David Tant and published by Armada in 1985. The books allow the reader to become a lone adventurer on a planet called Skyfall which was colonized by humans who were fugiti ...

'', written by David Tant (4 books) * ''Lemmings Adventures Gamebooks'', written by Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (2 books) * ''Literally Immersive Gamebooks'', written by James A. Hirons (3 books) * ''

Lone Wolf A lone wolf is a wolf not belonging to a pack. Lone wolf or Lone Wolf may also refer to: Literature *''Lone Wolf'', a book by Kathryn Lasky, part of the series called ''Wolves of the Beyond'' *''Lone Wolf and Cub'', a 1970 Japanese graphic nov ...

'', mostly written by

Joe Dever Joseph Robert Dever, also known as Joe Dever (12 February 1956 – 29 November 2016) was an English fantasy author and game designer. Originally a musician, Dever became the first British winner of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' Championship ...

(33 books planned, 31 published so far) * ''Marvel Superheroes'', written by various authors (8 books) * ''Narnia Solo Games'', written by various authors (7 books advertised, 5 published) * ''

Nintendo Adventure Books is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade playing cards. ...

'', written by various authors (12 books) * ''Prince of Shadows'', written by Gary Chalk and David Kerrigan (2 books) * ''Proteus'' magazine, written by various authors (20 issues) * ''Real Life Gamebooks'', written by Simon Farrell and Jon Sutherland (9 books) * ''Robin of Sherwood'', written by Paul Mason and Graham Staplehurst (2 books) * '' Sagard the Barbarian'', written by

Gary Gygax Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax created an ...

and

Flint Dille Flint Dille (born November 3, 1955) is an American screenwriter, game designer and novelist. He is best known for his animated work on ''Transformers'', ''G.I. Joe'', ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'', and his game-writing, ''The Chronicles ...

(4 books) * ''

Sagas of the Demonspawn ''Sagas of the Demonspawn'' is a four issue gamebook series written by J. H. Brennan and illustrated by Geoff Taylor (first two books) and John Blanche (latter two). The books feature a protagonist named Fire*Wolf in a continuing storyline. Unus ...

'', written by

J.H. Brennan James Herbert "Herbie" Brennan (born Ireland, 5 July 1940) is a lecturer and the author of over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for adults, teens, and children. Biography Brennan's '' Man, Myth & Magic'' was published by Yaquinto Publicatio ...

(4 books) * ''Savage Realms Gamebooks'', written by Troy Anthony Schermer (3 books published with additional titles by new authors on the way) * '' Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebooks'', written by various authors (6 books) * ''

Sorcery! ''Sorcery!'', originally titled ''Steve Jackson's Sorcery!'', is a single-player four-part adventure gamebook series written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Blanche. Originally published by Penguin Books between 1983 and 1985, the titl ...

'', written by Steve Jackson (4 books) * ''Spellcaster Gamebooks'', written by Louisa Dent (3 books advertised but only 1 published) * ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', written by Paul Cockburn (2 books) * ''Starlight Adventures'', , written by various authors (6 books) * ''Steam Highwayman'', written by Martin Noutch (3 books) * ''Survivor'', written by various authors (4 books) * ''SwordQuest'', written by Bill Fawcett (4 books) * ''

Time Machine Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a w ...

'', written by Jim Gasperini and others (25 books) * ''Tolkien Quest'', also known as ''Middle-earth Quest'', set in the world of

J.R.R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...

's

Middle-earth Middle-earth is the fictional setting of much of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy. The term is equivalent to the ''Miðgarðr'' of Norse mythology and ''Middangeard'' in Old English works, including ''Beowulf''. Middle-earth is t ...

(13 books advertised, 7 published) * ''Two-Fisted Fantasy'', written by Herman S. Skull (2 books) * ''

Twistaplot Twistaplot is a series of children's gamebooks that were published by Scholastic from 1982 to 1985. Books #1, #4, #9, and #14 were written by R.L. Stine, who would go on to write the ''Fear Street'' series and the ''Goosebumps'' series, which in ...

'', written by

R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "St ...

and Douglas Colligan, among others (18 books) * '' Twisted Journeys'', written by

Dan Jolley Dan Jolley is an American novelist and comic book writer. His comics work includes DC Comics' ''Firestorm'' and Graphic Universe's ''Twisted Journeys,'' a series of interactive fiction or gamebooks in graphic novel form, and his novel work include ...

and others (22 books) * ''Usborne Adventure Gamebooks'', written by various authors (2 books published, 3rd book due in July 2023) * ''Usborne Puzzle Adventures'', written by Jenny Tyler and others (25 books) * ''

Virtual Reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), educ ...

'', written by Dave Morris and Mark Smith (6 books) * ''VulcanVerse'', written by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson (5 books planned, 4 published) * ''Warhammer Path to Victory'', written by Jonathan Green and others (4 books) * ''Warlock'' magazine, written by various authors (13 issues) * ''

Way of the Tiger The Way of the Tiger is a series of adventure gamebooks by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, originally published by Knight Books (an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton) from 1985. They are set on the fantasy world of Orb. The reader takes the part of ...

'', written by Jamie Thomson and Mark Smith (8 books) * ''Webs of Intrigue'', written by Robin Waterfield (2 books) * ''Which Way Books'', written by Roland Gregory Austin, Edward Packard and Michael J. Dodge and others (24 books) * ''Wizards, Warriors & You'', written by

R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "St ...

and others (18 books) * ''World of Lone Wolf'', written by Ian Page and Joe Dever (4 books) * ''Zaltec'', written by Yehuda Shapira (2 books)

Individual gamebooks

* Alternamorphs: '' The First Journey'', written by Tonya Alicia Martin, and '' The Next Passage'', written by Emily Costello. Both books were spin-offs based on the ''

Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...

'' series by

K. A. Applegate Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally as K. A. Applegate or Katherine Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the ''Animorphs'', '' Remnants'', ''Everworld ...

. * ''Die Insel der Sternenbestie'' ("Isle of the Star Beast"), by

Wolfgang Hohlbein Wolfgang Hohlbein (born 15 August 1953 in Weimar, Bezirk Erfurt) is a German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction who lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike Hohlbein, is also a writer and often works with her ...

and Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf. Set in Hohlbein's Enwor setting, the player must survive an expedition to the Mist Isle. Infamous for invariably ending horribly for the player character unless he opts to cowardly leave early on in the adventure. * ''JAMTHOLOGY'', written by James A. Hirons * ''Maze'', written by Christopher Manson * ''Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure'', written by Emma Campbell Webster * ''

Life's Lottery {{Infobox book, , name = Life's Lottery , image = Life's Lottery.jpg , caption = First edition , title_orig = , author = Kim Newman , cover_artist = Ian Miller , country = England , language = Engl ...

'', written by

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula (1931 ...

* ''The Dream Palace'', written by

Brynne Stephens Brynne Chandler (born 1958) is a writer and story editor best known for her work on animated television series such as '' Gargoyles, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Batman: The Animated Series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and ''He-Man an ...

* ''

To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be may refer to: * ''To be, or not to be'', the soliloquy from ''Hamlet''. Films and TV, theatre and books * ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1942 film), directed by Ernst Lubitsch * ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1983 film), a remake produced ...

'', written by

Ryan North Ryan North (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian writer and computer programmer. He is the creator and author of ''Dinosaur Comics'', and has written for the comic series of ''Adventure Time'' and Marvel Comics' ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl''. ...

* ''Witchsnare'', written by Ashok Raj * ''Reiter der schwarzen Sonne'' ("Rider of the Black Sun"), written by Swen Harder (German) * '' La nuit je suis Buffy Summers'', by

Chloé Delaume Chloé Delaume (born Nathalie Dalain in 1973) is a French novelist, performer, musician, and occasional singer. Biography Born in Paris, Delaume spent her childhood in Beirut. In 1983, at ten years old, she witnessed her father murder her mot ...

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