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
Level Up!
The Grasshopper
Theory of Fun for Game Design
Hamlet on the Holodeck
Chris Crawford on game design
Reality Is Broken
Challenges for Game Designers
Finite and Infinite Games
The Art of Game Design
The Ultimate History of Video Games
Impro for Storytellers
The Art of Failure
Play
Cybertext
Killing Monsters
Laws of Media
The Companion Species Manifesto
Fundamentals of Game Design (Game Design and Development Series)
My Tiny Life
Extra Lives
Playing to Win
For the Win
Drawing Basics and Video Game Art