The Top 16 Books about Game Design

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  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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