6 must-read role playing games books like Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs

Cover of Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs

Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

By: Ben Riggs

3.97

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR ― the company that unleashe…

If you liked the role playing games plot in Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Dragons of Autumn Twilight  (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

1. Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)

By: Margaret Weis , Tracy Hickman

4.01

Format: 444 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This Dungeons & Dragons-inspired fantasy adventure is the first installment in the beloved Dragonla… read more

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  • dragons
"There comes a time, Laurana, when you've got to risk your life for something you believe in -- something that means more than life itself."

-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)

"And my eyes! I see through hourglass pupils and therefore I see time-as it affects all things. Even as I look at you now, Tanis," the mage whispered, "I see you dying, slowly, by inches. And so I see…"

-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)

"Tas had been teasing Flint unmercifully all morning, calling him "Seamaster" and "Shipmate" asking him the price of fish, and how much he would charge to Ferry them back across the lake. Flint finall…"

-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)

"He remembered a dog—the only living thing they found in the entire village—curled around the body of a dead child. Caramon stopped to pet the small dog. The animal cringed, then licked the big man’s …"

-Margaret Weis, Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)

Cover of The Amber Enchantress (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #3) by Troy Denning

2. The Amber Enchantress (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #3)

By: Troy Denning

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Lure of Dark Sorcery. . . Borys: The Dragon of Athas, born of magic and sustained by the agony… read more

Similar categories in Troy Denning's The Amber Enchantress (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #3) book and Ben Riggs's Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

  • dungeons and dragons
Cover of The Verdant Passage (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #1) by Troy Denning

3. The Verdant Passage (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #1)

By: Troy Denning

4.04

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A new creed kindled from despair... Kalak: an immortal sorcerer-king whose evil magic has reduced t… read more

Similar categories in Troy Denning's The Verdant Passage (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #1) book and Ben Riggs's Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

  • role playing games
  • dungeons and dragons
  • audiobook

4. The Obsidian Oracle (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad #4)

By: Troy Denning

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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5. The Crimson Legion (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #2)

By: Troy Denning

4.16

Format: 200 pages,

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6. Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It

By: David M. Ewalt

3.96

Format: 286 pages,

The Hobbitmeets Moneyballin this definitive book on Dungeons & Dragons--from its origins and rise t… read more

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Cover of Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

7. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

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  • audiobook
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Cover of Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History by Michael Witwer

8. Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History

By: Michael Witwer

4.59

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the beloved role-playing game told through the… read more

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  • role playing games
  • gaming
  • games
  • dungeons and dragons
Cover of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter by Jaleigh Johnson

9. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter

By: Jaleigh Johnson

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Every adventuring party has a starting quest. Join Edgin Darvis and his team of heroic (well, occas… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • dragons
  • audiobook
"Never thought much about family or kids before him. Now I just… I just want to be enough for someone."

-Jaleigh Johnson, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter

Cover of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call by E.K. Johnston

10. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

By: E.K. Johnston

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover Doric’s powerful druid origins in this thrilling young adult prequel to the film Dungeons … read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • audiobook
"It pulled her along through curiosity and compulsion, and even though she didn't know the question, she longed to find out the answers"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

"She had thought that power was a ladder to the loft, the rope on which the bread basket came up, the ability to look at a daughter and poison her drink. She learned now that power could be other thin…"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

Cover of Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs

11. Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

By: Ben Riggs

3.97

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR ― the company that unleashe… read more

Similar categories in Ben Riggs's Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons book and Ben Riggs's Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

  • history
  • biography
  • dragons
  • dungeons and dragons
  • nonfiction
  • role playing games
  • gaming
  • games
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Dragons of Fate by Margaret Weis

12. Dragons of Fate

By: Margaret Weis

4.27

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A clash of powerful magical forces sets off the Graygem of Gargath, sending Destina and her compani… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • audiobook
Cover of Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons (Game Histories) by Jon Peterson

13. Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons (Game Histories)

By: Jon Peterson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The story of the arcane table-top game that became a pop culture phenomenon and the long-running le… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • dungeons and dragons
  • nonfiction
  • role playing games
  • gaming
  • games
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Batman: White Knight Presents: Generation Joker by Sean Gordon Murphy

14. Batman: White Knight Presents: Generation Joker

By: Sean Gordon Murphy

3.40

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

Youth in revolt!  Spinning out of the runaway hit Beyond the White Knight comes an unforgettabl… read more

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Cover of Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin by Jaleigh Johnson

15. Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin

By: Jaleigh Johnson

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet the newest Dungeons & Dragons party in the first epic adventure of The Fallbacks. To become… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • audiobook
Cover of A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes by Anthony Bale

16. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

By: Anthony Bale

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Bale's A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes book and Ben Riggs's Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

Cover of Dragons of Deceit by Margaret Weis

17. Dragons of Deceit

By: Margaret Weis

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman return to the unforgettable world of the New York Times bestselling… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • dragons
  • audiobook
Cover of So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems by Justin  Alexander

18. So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems

By: Justin Alexander

4.45

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

USA Today Bestselling Book ENNIE Award-nominated More people than ever are discovering Dungeons… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • nonfiction
  • role playing games
  • gaming
  • games
Cover of How to Defend Your Lair (4) (The Monsters Know What They’re Doing) by Keith Ammann

19. How to Defend Your Lair (4) (The Monsters Know What They’re Doing)

By: Keith Ammann

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Defend yourself and protect your assets in a lair that feels as real and alive as your monsters wit… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • nonfiction
  • role playing games
  • gaming
  • games
Cover of Dungeon Club: Time to Party (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #2) by Molly Knox Ostertag

20. Dungeon Club: Time to Party (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #2)

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.53

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The party continues but the problems get bigger in this second installment of this original Dungeon… read more

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Cover of Dragons of Eternity: Dragonlance Destinies: Volume 3 by Margaret Weis

21. Dragons of Eternity: Dragonlance Destinies: Volume 3

By: Margaret Weis

4.35

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

An intrepid woman and her friends have inadvertently altered the future of their world—now they mus… read more

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10 Best audiobook books like Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs

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The Verdant Passage (Dark Sun: Prism Pentad, #1)

Troy Denning

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Travis Baldree

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter

Jaleigh Johnson

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

E.K. Johnston

3.86

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Pirate's Honor

Chris A. Jackson

3.82

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The Legend of Huma (Dragonlance: Heroes, #1)

Richard A. Knaak

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Elminster: The Making of a Mage (Forgotten Realms: Elminster, #1)

Ed Greenwood

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Warriorborn (The Cinder Spires #1.5)

Jim Butcher

4.46

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