Book list

A list of IF-related books, sorted by author's surname, and presented in reference style. Please add any books that ought to be listed here.

Books

• Aarseth, Espen J. Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
• Anthropy, Anna. Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form. Seven Stories Press, 2012.
• Bailey, Robin W. Enchanter. Avon Books, 1989.
• Bailey, Robin W. The Lost City of Zork. Avon Books, 1991.
• Card, Orson Scott. Characters & Viewpoint. Writers's Digest Books, 1999.
• Carless, Simon. Gaming Hacks. O'Reilly, 2004.
• Cover, Arthur Byron. Planetfall. Avon Books, 1988.
• Cover, Arthur Byron. Stationfall. Avon Books, 1989.
• Crawford, Chris. The Art of Computer Game Design: Reflections Of A Master Game Designer. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 1984.
• Crawford, Chris. The Art of Interactive Design: A Euphonius and Illuminating Guide to Building Successful Software. No Starch Press, 2002.
• Crawford, Chris. Chris Crawford on Game Design. New Riders Games, 2003.
• Crawford, Chris. Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling. New Riders Games, 2004.
• Dacosta, Frank. Writing Basic Adventure Programs for the TRS-80. Tab Books, Inc., 1982.
• Desilets, Brendan. Teaching and Learning With Interactive Fiction: Digital Storytelling for Students and Teachers. Online and Amazon, 2015.
• Effinger, George Alec. The Zork Chronicles. Avon Books, 1990.
• Firth, Roger, and Kesserich, Sonja. The Inform Beginner's Guide. The Interactive Fiction Library (IFLibrary.org), 2002.
• Ford, Melissa. Writing Interactive Fiction with Twine. Que Publishing, 2016.
• Freeman, David. Creating Emotion in Games: The Craft and Art of Emotioneering. New Riders, 2004.
• Gardner, Craig Shaw. Wishbringer. Avon Books, 1988.
• Glassner, Andrew. Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction. AK Peters, Ltd., 2004.
• Harrigan, Pat, and Wardrip-Fruin, Noah. Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media. MIT Press, 2007.
• Holmes, J. Eric, M.D. Fantasy Role Playing Games. Hippocrene Books, 1981.
• Jackson-Mead, Kevin and Wheeler, J. Robinson, eds. IF Theory Reader. > TRANSCRIPT ON PRESS, 2011.
• Maher, Jimmy. Let's Tell a Story Together. Online, 2006.
• Meadows, Mark S. Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative. New Riders Press, 2002.
• McGath, Gary. COMPUTE!'s Guide to Adventure Games. COMPUTE! Publications, Inc., 1984.
• Montfort, Nick. Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction. MIT Press, 2003.
• Nelson, Graham. The Inform Designer's Manual, Fourth Edition. The Interactive Fiction Library (IFLibrary.org), 2001.
• Peterson, Dale. Genesis II: Creation and Recreation with Computers. Reston Publishing Company, 1983.
• Reed, Aaron A. 50 Years of Text Games. Changeful Tales Press, 2023.
• Reed, Aaron A. Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7. Course Technology PTR, 2010. With a foreword by Don Woods.
• Rouse III, Richard. Game Design: Theory & Practice. Wordware, 2001.
• Rushton, Brian. Learning from the Best of Text. Online, 2024.
• Schuette, Kim. The Book of Adventure Games. Arrays, Inc., 1985.
• Wardrip-Fruin, Noah, and Harrigan, Pat, eds. First Person: New Media as Story, Performance and Game. MIT Press, 2004.
• Wardrip-Fruin, Noah, and Harrigan, Pat, eds. Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media. MIT Press, 2007.
• Winston, Patrick. Artificial Intelligence. Addison-Wesley, 1977.

Links

• Vintage Game Book List at Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe.
• Posts about IF-related books on the rec.arts.int-fiction newsgroup