5 must-read nonfiction books like On Video Games: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (International Library of Visual Culture) by Soraya Murray

Cover of On Video Games: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (International Library of Visual Culture) by Soraya Murray

On Video Games: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (International Library of Visual Culture)

By: Soraya Murray

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in On Video Games: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (International Library of Visual Culture) by Soraya Murray , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1)

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circum… read more

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2. An Introduction to Game Studies: Games in Culture

By: None

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

An Introduction to Game Studies is a core textbook for game studies as an academic discipline, and … read more

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3. Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

By: Anne Rice

4.90

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal li… read more

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4. Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong

By: None , None

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In family rooms across America, millions of children and teenagers are playing video games, such as… read more

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Cover of Queen's Hope (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #2) by E.K. Johnston

5. Queen's Hope (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #2)

By: E.K. Johnston

3.74

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Searching for hope in a galaxy at war . . . Padmé Amidala is a former queen, a current senator—a… read more

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Cover of Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0) by E.K. Johnston

6. Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

By: E.K. Johnston

3.94

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

When fourteen-year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Ami… read more

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"And yet you are always second best,"

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

"The girl in the white dress was going to be Queen, and she was ready."

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

"On a dusty world with two bright suns, a little boy looked up from his work and saw an angel."

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

Cover of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

7. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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Cover of Queen's Shadow (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #1) by E.K. Johnston

8. Queen's Shadow (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #1)

By: E.K. Johnston

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Written by the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Star Wars Ahsoka! When Padmé Nab… read more

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"We are brave, your highness."

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #1)

"My hands are yours for as long as you need them."

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #1)

"Any path can be a poor one if it goes blindly in one direction."

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #1)

"Senator Organa, now is not a good time," she said. "What do you want?"

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Shadow (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity (Playful Thinking) by Jaroslav Švelch

9. Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity (Playful Thinking)

By: Jaroslav Švelch

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A study of the gruesome game characters we love to beat—and what they tell us about ourselves. Sin… read more

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Cover of Playing with Feelings: Video Games and Affect by Aubrey Anable

10. Playing with Feelings: Video Games and Affect

By: Aubrey Anable

3.91

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

How gaming intersects with systems like history, bodies, and code Why do we so compulsively play v… read more

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11. On Video Games: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (International Library of Visual Culture)

By: Soraya Murray

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits… read more

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Cover of Repairing Play: A Black Phenomenology (Playful Thinking) by Aaron Trammell

12. Repairing Play: A Black Phenomenology (Playful Thinking)

By: Aaron Trammell

4.61

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A provocative study that reconsiders our notion of play—and how its deceptively wholesome image has… read more

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