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How Long To Beat Book Challenge 2025 - hosted by roach

🎲 A novel based on a tabletop game (e.g. D&D, Magic, Clue, Catan…) or a Gamebook (e.g. Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, Single-player RPG...)
Lots of tabletop games had their worlds expanded through literature like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Clue, Settlers of Catan, Warhammer 40K… Hunt one down!

Tabletop games based fiction:
Examples: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/116678.RPG_Board_Games
Examples: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/218778.Best_Board_Games_Fiction

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There are lots of Gamebooks out there that let you make decisions to influence the story. Some are as basic as the classic Choose-Your-Own-Adventure format, but others have you keep track of inventory and roll dice.
Find one and have an adventure!

Gamebooks:
Examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebook
Examples: https://www.gamebooks.org/Series/List
 
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Star Trek: Lower Decks - Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North, Chris Fenoglio

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Warp Your Own Way

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Ryan North, Chris Fenoglio

208 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction comics science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Fighting Fantasy Deathtrap Dungeon by Ian Livingstone

Fighting Fantasy Deathtrap Dungeon

Fighting Fantasy Reissues (Series 2) #3

Ian Livingstone

238 pages • paperback user-added

fiction fantasy
Drachenfels by Kim Newman, Jack Yeovil

Drachenfels

The Vampire Genevieve #1

Kim Newman, Jack Yeovil

297 pages • paperback • 1989

fiction fantasy horror adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Which Way, Dude? Jake Goes Bananas #2 by Unknown

Which Way, Dude? Jake Goes Bananas #2

Unknown

121 pages • paperback • 2013

adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Flight of the Eisenstein by James Swallow

The Flight of the Eisenstein

The Horus Heresy #4

James Swallow

407 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
The Gathering Dark by Jeff Grubb

The Gathering Dark

Magic: The Gathering: Ice Age Cycle #1

Jeff Grubb

342 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced
Zurück in die Eiszeit. Entscheide selbst. Ein Abenteuer- Spiel- Buch. by Franz Sales Sklenitzka
Zurück in die Eiszeit. Entscheide selbst. Ein Abenteuer- Spiel- Buch.
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Franz Sales Sklenitzka

Zurück in die Eiszeit. Entscheide selbst. Ein Abenteuer- Spiel- Buch.

Franz Sales Sklenitzka

154 pages • paperback • 1999

medium-paced
Arena by William R. Forstchen

Arena

Magic: The Gathering (Non-Cycle Novels) #1

William R. Forstchen

297 pages • paperback • 1994

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced
Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett

Eisenhorn

Eisenhorn #1-3

Dan Abnett

768 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced