Activity & Game Books

Engage your mind and spark creativity with activity books at Barnes & Noble®. Start up an analog hobby to reduce screentime, reduce stress and improve wellness by exploring adult coloring books, crossword puzzles, trivia game books, brain teasers, and more.

Here you’ll find a compendium of books and guides to getting started with Dungeons & Dragons, from the Dungeon Master’s Guide, to the Player’s Handbook and Monster Manual. Solve mysteries with the immensely popular Murdle series or relieve your stress with any number of calming coloring books specifically designed to bring peace.

You can also brush up on all your favorite classic games. There are countless chess books to choose from, whether you’re just getting started or looking to add another angle to your mastery. Learn practically every card game from cribbage to bridge. Teach yourself magic tricks, learn the art of bluffing in poker or understand the odds of Blackjack. You’ll find primers on gambling, bar games, puzzles to invigorate your brain, and endless crossword puzzles.

This is also the section for video games, from art books to cookbooks, game guides to encyclopedias. Learn about the video game industry with books like Console Wars and Blood, Sweat and Pixels, or teach yourself how to make video games, from coding to character design.

Whatever you’re looking for in games and activities, you can find it at Barnes & Noble.