Books where board games are part of the story or just named.
created by ElenaAlwaysReading
last updated August, 2026




If you consider a mail in RPG a board game (which you might, given the D&D related books, but might not because it is done by mail), I can recommend Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle.
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thank you for this list, i didn't know jennifer page's books! i read a thriller series by an italian author that is about murders during board games conventions but unfortunately it exist only in italian so i don't think it makes sense to even suggest it here :(
Well, I can read in Italian, I studied a few it a few years ago. I read Donato Carrisi books in Italian because they're not translated.