What to Read After Man, play, and games
Readers who loved Man, play, and games by Roger Caillois keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Man, play, and games is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Man, play, and games
Homo Ludens
Challenges for game designers
The Grasshopper
Level Up!
Reality is broken
Hamlet on the holodeck
Theory of Fun for Game Design
Chris Crawford on game design
Finite and infinite games
The art of game design
Drawing Basics and Video Game Art
The Companion Species Manifesto
The art of failure
Persuasive Games
Extra lives
Laws of Media
My Tiny Life
Killing monsters
Fundamentals of Game Design (Game Design and Development Series)
The Ultimate History of Video Games
Cybertext
Impro for Storytellers
Play
Mythologies