Choose Your Own Adventure SFF Books for Adults

Thanks to quantum technology, millions of people around the world are spellbound by the new gameshow, All This & More, where contestants can revise their pasts to create the perfect future. Then the show went off-air and Marsh’s life fell apart. Suddenly, without warning, the show is back.

Marsh is the new contestant. As she goes back to capture the career she never got to pursue, keep the love she walked away from, and travel the world, somehow none of those futures feel right. Can the reality the show promise be too good to be true? And even if Marsh gets everything she wants, is it worth it?

This book puts readers in the driver’s seat, choosing possible fates with Marsh until she finds her elusive happily ever after.

There’s more than one ending to this version of Hamlet, depending on which character you decide to be… or not to be. Some characters stick mainly to Shakespeare’s original plot, while others deviate off-script drastically. But no matter who you decide to be, each ending lands you on a full-page illustration from incredible artists guaranteed to keep you going back to the beginning so you can see how it ends.

Have you ever wanted to embroil yourself in the politics of colonialist gnomes and indigenous goblins? Or fly in an air balloon or smoke opium with the worst of goblin society? Thanks to the founder of Steampunk Magazine and editor of Mythmakers & Lawbreakers, now you can. Get ready to dive into a world of danger, drugs, and revolution—no matter which adventure you choose.

Have you ever wanted to see a ghost? Now you can. With super-advanced technology, Ghostland opens the a new layer to the world, revealing its spectral secrets. But when a glitch releases all the ghouls into the world, a safe foray into the supernatural turns into chaos. The ghosts are confused. They’re angry. They’re out for blood. 

It’s up to you to make it out alive. Will you save your friends? Discover new powers? Every decision has life and death consequences—not just for you, but for everyone you meet.

A fun romp through the supernatural where every choice might lead to your death.

Billings wasn’t always a thriving metropolis. Hundreds of years ago it was a medieval kingdom where swords and sorcery ruled. Now, you’ve been called to this world by King Rolo, a sentient twenty-sided dice who seeks to bring peace to his kingdom. Will you be a wizard or a warrior? How will you defeat the dragon lurking in a cave protecting the ice-cold chocolate milk? And can you defeat the unicorn necromancer with his army of undead character sheets?

A surprisingly satisfying story where every decision you make either saves or dooms the kingdom.

You know how the zombie apocalypse goes. No matter how many stories you’ve read, you always find yourself yelling at the characters to make different choices. By the end, you’re smug in the knowledge that you would make the right choices. Or so you think. 

Now you have to face the moral dilemmas, make the strategic decisions, and carefully choose the right weapons, vehicles, and tactics. Were they the right calls? Will you survive? Will you die? Or will you suffer the worst fate of all: becoming a zombie.

According to legend, there is an untold wealth of treasure buried deep in the caverns beneath Firetop Mountain. This bounty is guarded by a Warlock so powerful that none of the countless warriors who set out on this adventure ever returned. But this is your calling. Your chance at destiny. Will that passage bring you face-to-face with monsters? Can you escape the hideous Bloodbeast? When is it better to turn and run, or head into the fight? Only one path leads to riches. Will you choose the right one?

Designed as a focused game rather than endless adventure, this book will appeal to RPG players looking for a single-player experience.

In this inventive gamebook, there are literally endless ways your adventure can end. With an open-ended structure, no quest will ever end the same way, guaranteeing an almost unlimited combination of plot lines and endings. Each book in this seven book series is connected, so your adventures can go on for as long as your imagination allows.

After the Darklords attack a monastery, you find yourself the lone survivor. But before you can exact your revenge, you must reach the King of Holmgard and warn him of the evil gathering beyond his borders. You’re being hunted. Every page presents dangerous new challenges. You’ll need to choose your weapons and skills carefully if you want to make it to the King alive.

When Jane’s Aunt Magnolia dies, she finds herself a bit lost. So when Kiran Thrash shows up and invites her to his family island mansion, Jane knows her aunt would encourage her to go. But at the house, she’s offered five choices. Each one will lead her on a wildly different adventure with an important warning: every choice has a different price. 

Will she live? Will she fall in love? Choose wisely as each story is a different genre and will lead to remarkably different endings.

As a child, Halloween felt like magic. The world transformed and anything was possible. Only, then you grew up and some of that magic died. The costumes were fake. The pranks predictable. The candy a bit too sweet. But what if the thrills and chills that once delighted you throughout the night were back? 

You find yourself shivering on a dark hilltop with the shadows slithering towards you. The dead sit up in their graves. The fog holds a madman. Every choice can lead to safety or nightmares. Choose wisely.

With more than fifty possible endings, this violent and gruesome book is for anyone looking to be terrified by the things that go bump in the night.