A Handheld History

Lost in Cult

Everything to Play For: How Videogames are Changing Our World

Marijam Did

Checkpoint: How video games power up minds, kick ass, and save lives

Joe Donnelly

Gamer Nation: The Rise of Modern Gaming and the Compulsion to Play Again

Eric Geissinger

Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter

Tom Bissell

Little Book of Video Games: 70 Classics That Everyone Should Know and Play

Melissa Brinks

Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More

Dustin Hansen

The State of Play: Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture

Daniel Goldberg

Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession

Kate Hannigan

How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design (Playful Thinking)

Katherine Isbister

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

David Kushner

Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry

Jason Schreier

The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond

Jean Zeid

Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

Blake J. Harris

The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution

Jonathan Hennessey

Feminism in Play (Palgrave Games in Context)

Kishonna L. Gray

Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play

Keza MacDonald

Gamer Girls: 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry

Mary Kenney

The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games

Bonnie Ruberg

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

Jason Schreier