The following is a list of books based on video games. See also: List of books about computer and video games.

Novels

Assassin's Creed: Renaissance: Oliver Bowden (ISBN 978-0-14-104630-3)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood: Oliver Bowden (ISBN 978-0-241-95171-2) - Based on the Game Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed: Secret Crusade: Oliver Bowden (ISBN 978-0-241-95172-9) - Based on the Game Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed: Revelations:Oliver Bowden (978-0-241-95173-6)-Based on the Game Assassin's Creed Revelations

Novels

Crimson Skies: Eric Nylund. Michael B. Lee, Nancy Berman, Eric S. Trautmann (ISBN 978-0-345-45874-2)
Wings of Fortune: Pirate's Gold: Stephen Kenson.
Wings of Justice: Rogue Flyer: Loren L. Coleman.

Novels

Deus Ex: Icarus Effect:James Swallow

James Swallow

James Swallow is a British author and scriptwriter. He is the author of several original books and tie-in novels, as well as numerous audio dramas and videogames....

 (ISBN 978-0-85768-160-7) and (ISBN 978-0-34552-359-4)

Doom

Doom

• Knee Deep In The Dead
• Hell on Earth
• Infernal Sky
• Endgame

Doom 3

• Worlds on Fire
  Doom 3: Worlds on Fire
  Doom 3: Worlds on Fire is the first book in a planned series of three novels. Before writing the book, its author Matthew Costello, wrote the scripts for Doom 3 and Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Maelstrom
  Doom 3: Maelstrom
  Doom 3: Maelstrom is the second book in a series of three novels regarding Doom 3. The book was released in March 2009. Before writing the book, its author Matthew J...
  
  

Novels

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers:Jane Jensen

Jane Jensen

Jane Jensen is the game designer of the popular and critically acclaimed Gabriel Knight adventure games and author of the novels Judgement Day and Dante's Equation....

 (ISBN 0-451-45607-6)
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery:Jane Jensen

Jane Jensen

Jane Jensen is the game designer of the popular and critically acclaimed Gabriel Knight adventure games and author of the novels Judgement Day and Dante's Equation....

 (ISBN 0-451-45621-1)

Novels

Gears of War: Aspho Fields:Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss

Karen Traviss is a science fiction author, and full-time novelist from Wiltshire, England. Originally from the Portsmouth area, Traviss worked as both a journalist and defence correspondent before turning her attention to writing fiction. She also served in both the Territorial Army and the Royal...

 (ISBN 978-0-345-49943-1)
Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant:Karen Traviss (ISBN 978-1-84149-738-9)
Gears of War: Coalition's End:Karen Traviss
Gears of War: Anvil Gate:Karen Traviss
Gears of War: The Slab:Karen Traviss

Novels

God of War (novel), a 2010 novelization of the 2005 video game God of War written by Matthew Stover

Matthew Stover

Matthew Woodring Stover is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is perhaps best known for his four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He has also written several fantasy novels, including Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon...

 and Robert E. Vardeman

Robert E. Vardeman

Robert Edward Vardeman is an American science fiction fan and writer. He got his start in writing by writing for science fiction fanzines, and was nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Vardeman is one of the founders of Bubonicon, a science fiction convention in Albuquerque, New...

Novels

Guild Wars : Ghosts of Ascalon

Ghosts of Ascalon

Ghosts of Ascalon is the first of three novels written to bridge the time between the original game series and Guild Wars 2. The novel series was originally announced at the Penny Arcade Expo in 2008 as a partnership with Pocket Star Books. The authors of the book are Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb,...

:Matt Forbeck, Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb is an author and game designer. He has worked on a number of computer and role-playing games and has written a number of successful novels, short stories and comics...

 (ISBN 978-1-4165-8947-1)
Guild Wars : Edge of Destiny:J. Robert King

J. Robert King

J. Robert King is a novelist who has also worked as a game designer on a number of products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR.-Biography:...

 (ISBN 978-1-4165-8960-0)

Novels

Six licensed novels based on the Halo series have been published:
Halo: The Fall of Reach:Eric S. Nylund

Eric S. Nylund

Eric S. Nylund is an American novelist and professional technical writer. His wife, Syne Mitchell, is also a science fiction writer. He holds a B.Sc. in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.Sc. in chemical physics from the University of California, San Diego...

 (ISBN 1-84149-420-8)
Halo: The Flood:William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels some of which have been translated into German, French, Russian, Korean and Japanese...

 (ISBN 1-84149-421-6)
Halo: First Strike:Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 1-84149-422-4)
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx:Eric S. Nylund (ISBN 0-7653-1568-8)
Halo: Contact Harvest:Joseph Staten (ISBN 0-7653-1569-6)
Halo: The Cole Protocol:Tobias S. Buckell (ISBN 978-0-7653-1570-0)
Halo: Evolutions: Essential Tales from the Halo Universe
Halo: Evolutions Volume II: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
Halo: Cryptum: Greg Bear
Halo: Primordium: Greg Bear
Halo: Glasslands: Karen Traviss

Novels

Hellgate: Exodus (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1):Mel Odom (ISBN 1-4165-2579-3)
Hellgate: Goetia (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1):Mel Odom (ISBN 1-4165-2580-7)
Hellgate: Covenant (Hellgate: London Trilogy, Book 1):Mel Odom (ISBN 1-4165-2581-5)

Novels

Mass Effect: Revelation

Mass Effect: Revelation

Mass Effect: Revelation is a science fiction novel by author Drew Karpyshyn. Published on May 1, 2007, by Del Rey Books, it is the first novel set in the Mass Effect universe. It is the prequel to the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows game Mass Effect, which was developed by BioWare Corp...

:Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn is a Canadian video game scenario writer, scriptwriter and novelist.-Career:Karpyshyn was a loan officer, but when he got in a car accident, he quit his job as a loan officer and was able to go to college again to gain a degree in English...

 (ISBN 978-0-345-49816-8)
Mass Effect: Ascension

Mass Effect: Ascension

Mass Effect: Ascension is a science fiction novel by author Drew Karpyshyn. It is a sequel to the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows video game Mass Effect, as well as to its prequel novel, Mass Effect: Revelation, also written by Karpyshyn...

:Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn is a Canadian video game scenario writer, scriptwriter and novelist.-Career:Karpyshyn was a loan officer, but when he got in a car accident, he quit his job as a loan officer and was able to go to college again to gain a degree in English...

 (ISBN 978-0-345-49852-6)
Mass Effect: Retribution

Mass Effect: Retribution

Mass Effect: Retribution is a novel by Canadian science fiction writer Drew Karpyshyn set in the Mass Effect universe.-Plot:Mass Effect: Retribution follows soon after the events of Mass Effect 2...

:Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn

Drew Karpyshyn is a Canadian video game scenario writer, scriptwriter and novelist.-Career:Karpyshyn was a loan officer, but when he got in a car accident, he quit his job as a loan officer and was able to go to college again to gain a degree in English...

 (ISBN 978-0-345-52072-2)
Mass Effect: Deception:William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels some of which have been translated into German, French, Russian, Korean and Japanese...

Novels

Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid

is a videogame by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Kojimas early MSX2 computer games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake...

, written by Raymond Benson

Raymond Benson

Raymond Benson is an American author best known for being the official author of the adult James Bond novels from 1997 to 2003. Benson was born in Midland, Texas and graduated from Permian High School in Odessa in 1973...

, the author of nine James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 novels, was published in 2008.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

is a stealth action video game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001....

, also written by Benson, was published the next year.

Novels

Perfect Dark: Initial Vector:Greg Rucka

Greg Rucka

Gregory "Greg" Rucka is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, Batwoman: Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton for DC Comics, and for novels such as his Queen & Country series.-Career:Rucka's writing career...

 (ISBN 0-7653-1571-8)
Perfect Dark: Second Front:Greg Rucka

Greg Rucka

Gregory "Greg" Rucka is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, Batwoman: Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton for DC Comics, and for novels such as his Queen & Country series.-Career:Rucka's writing career...

 (ISBN 0-7653-1572-4)

Novels

Resident Evil: Zero Hour (Resident Evil):S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-78511-7)
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy (Resident Evil #1):S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02439-6)
Resident Evil: Caliban Cove (Resident Evil #2):S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02440-X)
Resident Evil: City Of The Dead (Resident Evil #3):S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02441-8)
Resident Evil: Underworld (Resident Evil #4):S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-02442-6)
Resident Evil: Nemesis (Resident Evil #5):S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-78496-X)
Resident Evil: Code: Veronica (Resident Evil #6):S.D. Perry (ISBN 0-671-78498-6)

Novels

Resistance: The Gathering Storm:William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels some of which have been translated into German, French, Russian, Korean and Japanese...

  (ISBN 0-345-50842-4, ISBN 978-0-345-50842-3)
A Hole In The Sky:William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels some of which have been translated into German, French, Russian, Korean and Japanese...

Novels

RuneScape: Betrayal at Falador:T.S. Church (ISBN 978-0-9559078-0-7)
RuneScape: Return to Canifis:T.S. Church (ISBN 978-1848567276)

Gamebooks

A series of six Sonic Adventures gamebook

Gamebook

A gamebook is a work of fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making effective choices. The narrative branches along various paths through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages...

s were published in the UK between 1993 and 1996 by Puffin under the Fantail label:
Book 1 - Metal City Mayhem:James Wallis

James Wallis (games designer)

James Wallis is a designer and publisher of tabletop and role-playing games. In 1994 he founded Hogshead Publishing, a now-defunct company specialising in role-playing and storytelling games, and ran it until its sale in 2003...

 (ISBN 0-14-090391-7)
Book 2 - Zone Rangers:James Wallis (ISBN 0-14-090392-5)
Book 3 - Sonic v Zonik:Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090406-9)
Book 4 - The Zone Zapper:Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland (ISBN 0-14-090407-7)
Book 5 - Theme Park Panic:Marc Gascoigne

Marc Gascoigne

Marc Gascoigne is a British author and editor.He is the editor, author or co-author of more than fifty books and gaming related titles, notably various Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, Shadowrun novels and adventures, Earthdawn novels and adventures, the original Games Workshop Judge Dredd roleplaying...

 and Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green can refer to:*Jonathan Green , freelance writer of fantasy and science fiction*Jonathan Green , journalist and author*Jonathan Green , , naval surgeon, dermatologist...

 (ISBN 0-14-037847-2)
Book 6 - Stormin' Sonic:Marc Gascoigne and Jonathan Green (ISBN 0-14-037848-0)

Novels

Stay Sonic:Mike Pattenden

Mike Pattenden

Mike Pattenden is a freelance journalist and writer. He began his career in the entertainment games industry before moving into music journalism. He was formerly Reviews Editor at VOX magazine then music correspondent at The Daily Express. He now writes about topics ranging from music to sport,...

 developed a detailed origin for the character later used as the basis of most subsequent UK Sonic stories.

James Wallis, Marc Gascoigne and Carl Sargent (under the pseudonym

Pseudonym

A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

 of Martin Adams) wrote four Sonic the Hedgehog novels based on the origin established in Stay Sonic. They were published in the UK by Virgin Publishing.

Book 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Robotnik's Laboratory : (ISBN 0-426-20401-8)
Book 2 - Sonic the Hedgehog in the Fourth Dimension : (ISBN 0-426-20402-6)
Book 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog and the Silicon Warriors : (ISBN 0-426-20403-4)
Book 4 - Sonic the Hedgehog in Castle Robotnik : (ISBN 0-426-20405-0)

Michael Teitelbaum

Michael Teitelbaum

Michael S. Teitelbaum is a demographer at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York City.He publishes on immigration issues in both the popular and academic press and served as Commissioner to the U.S. Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development and...

 has also written a series of Sonic novels:

Sonic the Hedgehog : (ISBN 0-8167-3199-3)
Robotnik's Revenge : (ISBN 0-8167-3438-0)
Fortress of Fear : (ISBN 0-8167-3582-4)
Friend or Foe? : (ISBN 0-8167-3672-3)
Sonic & Knuckles : (ISBN 0-8167-3781-9)
Sonic X-Treme

Two novels have been written based on the Second/Third season of Sonic X

Sonic X

is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

:
Meteor Shower Messenger
Spaceship Blue Typhoon

Where's Sonic?:Using a similar idea to the Where's Wally?

Where's Wally?

Where's Wally?, published in the United States and Canada as Where's Waldo?, is a series of children's books created by British illustrator Martin Handford. The books consist of a series of detailed double-page spread illustrations depicting dozens or more people doing a variety of amusing things...

/Where's Waldo? books, each page presented the reader with a different puzzle, each one inspired by a different level from Sonic 2 on the Genesis / Sega Mega Drive. Published by Ladybird Books

Ladybird Books

Ladybird Books is a London-based publishing company, trading as a stand-alone imprint within the Penguin Group of companies. The Ladybird imprint publishes mass-market children's books.-History:...

 Ltd.
Where's Sonic Now?

Picture books:
Robotnik's Oil
The Invisible Robotnik

Novels

Many, many books based on this game. (list is incomplete)
Liberty's Crusade (StarCraft, Book 1):Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb is an author and game designer. He has worked on a number of computer and role-playing games and has written a number of successful novels, short stories and comics...

 (ISBN 0-671-04148-7)
Shadow of the Xel'Naga (StarCraft, Book 2):Gabriel Mesta (ISBN 978-0-9559078-0-7)
Speed Of Darkness (StarCraft, Book 3):Tracy Hickman

Tracy Hickman

Tracy Raye Hickman is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR...

 (ISBN 0-671-04150-9)
Uprising (StarCraft, Book 4?):Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb

Jeff Grubb is an author and game designer. He has worked on a number of computer and role-playing games and has written a number of successful novels, short stories and comics...

 (ISBN 0-671-04148-7)

Queen Of Blades (StarCraft):Tracy Hickman

Tracy Hickman

Tracy Raye Hickman is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR...

 (ISBN 0-671-04150-9)
Nova (StarCraft: Ghost):Keith R. A. DeCandido

Keith R. A. DeCandido

Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and musician, who works on comic books, novels, role-playing games and video games, including numerous media tie-in books for properties such as Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Supernatural,...

 (ISBN 0-7434-7134-2)

Firstborn (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 1):Christie Golden

Christie Golden

Christie Golden is an award-winning author who lives in Loveland, Colorado, United States. She has written over thirty novels and several short stories in fantasy, horror and science fiction.-Career:...

 (ISBN 0-7434-7125-3)
Shadow Hunters (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 2):Christie Golden

Christie Golden

Christie Golden is an award-winning author who lives in Loveland, Colorado, United States. She has written over thirty novels and several short stories in fantasy, horror and science fiction.-Career:...

 (ISBN 0-7434-7126-1)
Twilight (StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book 3):Christie Golden

Christie Golden

Christie Golden is an award-winning author who lives in Loveland, Colorado, United States. She has written over thirty novels and several short stories in fantasy, horror and science fiction.-Career:...

 (ISBN 0-7434-7129-6)

I, Mengsk (StarCraft):Graham McNeill

Graham McNeill

Graham McNeill is a British novelist. He is best known for his Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 novels, and his previous role as games designer for Games Workshop.-Biography:...

 (ISBN 1-4165-5083-6)

Manga

Fontline: Volume 1 (StarCraft):Naohiro Washio, Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin is an American actor.Benjamin was born in Pelion, South Carolina. He made his film debut in 1969 as a bartender in Midnight Cowboy...

, Richard A. Knaak

Richard A. Knaak

Richard A. Knaak is the author of Dragonlance novels, Dragonrealm, six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and nine works in the Warcraft universe...

, Ramanda Kamarga, Joshua Elder (ISBN 1427807212)
Fontline: Volume 2 (StarCraft):Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen is a British computer games and music journalist, as well as a comic book author. Gillen has worked for many years as a video game journalist and has, more recently, worked on various comics. He is perhaps best known for his creator-owned comic Phonogram, created with artist Jamie...

, Simon Furman

Simon Furman

Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a comic book writer, particularly associated with of a number of notable Transformers comics for Marvel UK, Marvel US, Dreamwave, and most recently, IDW...

 (ISBN 1-4278-0831-7)
Fontline: Volume 3 (StarCraft):Dave Shramek, Grace Randolph, Joshua Elder, Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin is an American actor.Benjamin was born in Pelion, South Carolina. He made his film debut in 1969 as a bartender in Midnight Cowboy...

, Ren Zatopek (ISBN 1-4278-0832-5)
Fontline: Volume 4 (StarCraft):Chris Metzen

Chris Metzen

Christopher Vincent Metzen is an American game designer, artist, voice actor and author known for his work creating the fictional universes and scripts for Blizzard Entertainment's three major award-winning media franchises: Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft. On occasion, Metzen has published his art...

, David Gerrold

David Gerrold

Jerrold David Friedman , better known by his pen name David Gerrold, is an American science fiction author who started his career in 1966 while a college student by submitting an unsolicited story outline for the television series Star Trek. He was invited to submit several premises, and the one...

, Joshua Elder (ISBN 1-4278-1698-0)

Novels

Splinter Cell: David Michaels
Operation Barracuda: David Michaels
Checkmate: David Michaels
Fallout: David Michaels
Conviction: David Michaels
Endgame: David Michaels

Novels

Dawn of War: C S Goto
Ascension: C S Goto
Tempest: C S Goto
Blood Ravens: The Dawn of War Omnibus: C S Goto