The Top 16 Books about Game Design

1. Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
2. A Theory of Fun for Game Design
3. The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
4. For the Win
5. Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards
6. Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Things
7. A Theory of Fun for Game Design
8. Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
9. The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
10. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
11. Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games
12. Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture
13. Replay: The History of Video Games
14. Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do for Us
15. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
16. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

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