The Game
by Neil Strauss
★ Top 25 book of 2005 · #16 on Best Books of 2005
The author and his friends become consumed with perfecting techniques for seducing women. Then an unexpected meeting with a female guitarist leads him to question the lifestyle he has been chasing.
Best for: Readers curious about dating subcultures and a writer's doubts about his own choices
The Game is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2005, out of 52 2005 books that cleared our data bar.
The Game on the Best Books of 2005
The Game came out in 2005. Of the 52 books first published in 2005 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #16 on our Best Books of 2005 list.
Why it made the list: 564 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.3 out of 5 (19 ratings); 39 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2005 list
- American Prometheus Kai Bird, #14
- Death Note, Vol. 1 Tsugumi Ohba, #15
- Old Man’s War John Scalzi, #17
- Pretties Scott Westerfeld, #18
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 499 want to read it, 39 are reading it now and 26 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.3 out of 5 from 19 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 81 | 55% |
| Reader love | 6 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 88 | 20% |
Questions about The Game
When was The Game published?
The Game by Neil Strauss was first published in 2005.
Was The Game one of the best books of 2005?
The Game is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2005, out of 52 2005 books that cleared our data bar. 564 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.3 out of 5 (19 ratings); 39 are reading it right now.
Why is The Game on the Best Books of 2005 list?
564 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.3 out of 5 (19 ratings); 39 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2005
- The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan, #1
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling, #2
- The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, #3
- Looking for Alaska John Green, #4
- Eldest Christopher Paolini, #5
- Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt, #6
See the full Best Books of 2005, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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