500 Chess Questions Answered: for all new chess players
The Anand Files: The World Championship Story 2008-2012
The Best I Saw in Chess: Games, Stories and Instruction from an Alabama Prodigy Who Became U.S. Champion
Birth of the Chess Queen: A History
Bobby Fischer and His World
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions
Chess for Zebras
Chess is My Life
Chess Opening Names: The Fascinating & Entertaining History Behind The First Few Moves
Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time
Chess Story
Chess Words of Wisdom: The Principles, Methods and Essential Knowledge of Chess
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
José Raúl Capablanca: A Chess Biography
The King: Chess Pieces

Getting Recommendations

Last week I reached out to twitter to see if they had any recommendations for chess books that were mostly prose. Here was the tweet:

Book List

I collected all the results (and added a few of my own). I used Goodreads to collect all of them into a list and because they let me have this fancy widget (and the one above). Here they are:

500 Chess Questions Answered: for all new chess players
500 Chess Questions Answered: for all new chess players
by Andrew Soltis
The Anand Files: The World Championship Story 2008-2012
The Anand Files: The World Championship Story 2008-2012
by Michiel Abeln
The Best I Saw in Chess: Games, Stories and Instruction from an Alabama Prodigy Who Became U.S. Champion
The Best I Saw in Chess: Games, Stories and Instruction from an Alabama Prodigy Who Became U.S. Champion
by Stuart Rachels
Birth of the Chess Queen: A History
Birth of the Chess Queen: A History
by Marilyn Yalom
Bobby Fischer and His World
Bobby Fischer and His World
by John Donaldson
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
by David Edmonds
Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions
Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions
by Yasser Seirawan
Chess for Zebras
Chess for Zebras
by Jonathan Rowson
Chess is My Life
Chess is My Life
by Viktor Korchnoi
Chess Opening Names: The Fascinating & Entertaining History Behind The First Few Moves
Chess Opening Names: The Fascinating & Entertaining History Behind The First Few Moves
by Nathan Rose
Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time
Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time
by Jennifer Shahade
Chess Story
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig
Chess Words of Wisdom: The Principles, Methods and Essential Knowledge of Chess
Chess Words of Wisdom: The Principles, Methods and Essential Knowledge of Chess
by Mike Henebry
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
by Frank Brady
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
by Garry Kasparov
A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook
A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook
by Dan Heisman
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
by David Shenk
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
by Nancy Marie Brown
José Raúl Capablanca: A Chess Biography
José Raúl Capablanca: A Chess Biography
by Miguel A. Sánchez
The King: Chess Pieces
The King: Chess Pieces
by J.H. Donner
Kings of the Chessboard
Kings of the Chessboard
by Van Der Sterren
The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked
The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked
by David Caldwell
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
by Mikhail Tal
The Luzhin Defense
The Luzhin Defense
by Vladimir Nabokov
Modern Chess: From Steinitz to the 21st Century
Modern Chess: From Steinitz to the 21st Century
by Craig Pritchett
My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion
My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion
by Tanitoluwa Adewumi
Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess
Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess
by Bruce Pandolfini
The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster
The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster
by Tim Crothers
The Seven Deadly Chess Sins
The Seven Deadly Chess Sins
by Jonathan Rowson
The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess: An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures
The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess: An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures
by Mikhail Shereshevsky
The Tao Of Chess: 200 Principles to Transform Your Game and Your Life
The Tao Of Chess: 200 Principles to Transform Your Game and Your Life
by Peter Kurzdorfer
Vladimir Kramnik: The Inside Story of a Chess Genius
Vladimir Kramnik: The Inside Story of a Chess Genius
by Carsten Hensel
Weapons of Chess: An Omnibus of Chess Strategies
Weapons of Chess: An Omnibus of Chess Strategies
by Bruce Pandolfini
The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess
The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess
by Andrew Soltis
Wonderboy: How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Chess Grandmaster in the World
Wonderboy: How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Chess Grandmaster in the World
by Simen Agdestein

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