5 must-read video games books like NES/Famicom A Visual Compendium by Bitmap Books

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NES/Famicom A Visual Compendium

By: Bitmap Books

4.48

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

With its cutting edge graphics and extensive catalogue of iconic games, the NES/Famicom played a hu…

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1. Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Comics

Alternate Cover Edition One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is… read more

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"I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

" Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a …"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

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2. NOS4A2

By: Joe Hill

4.08

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New Y… read more

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"Everyone lives in two worlds,"

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

"And he paddled away in his douche canoe."

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

"Sooner or later a black car came for everyone."

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

"Fantasy was always only a reality waiting to be switched on."

-Joe Hill, NOS4A2

Cover of Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 1: Activation by Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Hajime Yatate

3. Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN, Volume 1: Activation

By: Yoshiyuki Tomino , Yoshikazu Yasuhiko , Hajime Yatate

4.31

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

It is the year Universal Century 0079, in a space colony the Earth Federation is storing and testin… read more

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Cover of A Night in the Lonesome October by Gahan Wilson, Roger Zelazny, James Warhola

4. A Night in the Lonesome October

By: Gahan Wilson , Roger Zelazny , James Warhola

4.18

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

All is not what it seems… In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack prowl… read more

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5. Horns

By: Joe Hill

3.93

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with … read more

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"Love requires Context."

-Joe Hill, Horns

"I am; I was. I want to be."

-Joe Hill, Horns

"Pick a sin we can both live with, is what I ask."

-Joe Hill, Horns

"[...] In a lot of ways, I guess Satan was the first superhero."

-Joe Hill, Horns

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6. Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited … read more

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7. Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto

By: David Kushner

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

Inside the making of a videogame that defined a generation: Grand Theft AutoGrand Theft Autois one … read more

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  • gaming
  • games
  • nonfiction
  • video games
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8. Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 05

By: Steve Dillon , Brian Bolland , John Wagner , Alan Grant , Ron Smith , Colin Wilson , Ian Gibson , Mike McMahon , None , None

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

The law at war! Judge Dredd rides into action in this fifth volume collecting together some of his … read more

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9. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

By: Ann Rule

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murdere… read more

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10. End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen King

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winn… read more

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11. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt

3.28

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more

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12. PLUTO: Naoki Urasawa x Ozamu Tezuka, Band 001 (Pluto, #1)

By: Naoki Urasawa , Osamu Tezuka , Takashi Nagasaki , None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or some thing is out to … read more

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13. The Knight (The Wizard Knight #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.62

Format: None pages,

A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven level… read more

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14. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

By: Jake Adelstein

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Poli… read more

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15. Lisey's Story

By: Stephen King

3.96

Format: None pages,

Lisey Landon lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of profound, s… read more

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16. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

By: Amy Wallace , Ed Catmull

2.83

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

"What does it mean to manage well?" From Ed Catmull, co-founder (with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter)… read more

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17. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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18. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

Cover of What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) by Randall Munroe

19. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Shuna's Journey

By: Hayao Miyazaki

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a go… read more

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  • japan
Cover of Holly by Stephen        King

21. Holly

By: Stephen King

4.12

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns… read more

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"Sometimes the universe throws you a rope. If it does, climb it. See what's at the top."

-Stephen King, Holly

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22. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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23. If It Bleeds

By: Stephen King

3.99

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

If it Bleeds is a collection of four new novellas —Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, an… read more

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24. 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1

By: Naoki Urasawa

4.55

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa’s award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and … read more

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Cover of There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland by Steven Hyden

25. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland

By: Steven Hyden

4.21

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album,  Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of GoldenEye 007 (Boss Fight Books, #29) by Alyse Knorr

26. GoldenEye 007 (Boss Fight Books, #29)

By: Alyse Knorr

4.27

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Bond—James Bond. In the 80s and 90s, the debonair superspy’s games failed to live up to the giddy t… read more

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  • gaming
  • games
  • nonfiction
  • video games
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27. A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More

By: Paul Hirsch

4.21

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

"For its sheer excellence, diversity, and cultural impact, Paul Hirsch's filmography speaks for its… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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28. Hr Giger By Taschen Portfolio

By: Taschen

4.42

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

Portfolio with 14 framable prints; cover art is No. 251, "Li II." read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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29. The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games

By: Steve Jarrett

4.62

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

A visual celebration of one of the most loved genres in gaming history, The Art of Point-and-Click … read more

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  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • gaming
  • games
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30. Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon

By: Arjan Terpstra

4.48

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

This is a gorgeous, hardcover retrospective, the first-ever history of PAC-MAN. Full of historic… read more

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  • video games
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31. NES/Famicom A Visual Compendium

By: Bitmap Books

4.48

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

With its cutting edge graphics and extensive catalogue of iconic games, the NES/Famicom played a hu… read more

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  • art
  • video games
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • gaming
  • games
  • reference

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Martha Wells

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John Scalzi

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John Scalzi

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Cody Cassidy

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