Book Topics: Competitions, Contests, and Tournaments

Book Recommendations by Theme are listed here in order to help teachers, book club organizers, and other readers find books organized around a common principle, or big idea. Please see the Main Page List of Themes for more categories, as well as Book Lists by Topic
See also The Arts (dance, drama, music, visual arts, and writing) and Sports for competitions specific to those areas

Board Games, Card Games, Video Games, LARP

All's Faire in Middle School (live action role playing)
The Cardturner (bridge)
The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman (scrabble)
The Pros of Cons (LARP)
Word Nerd (Scrabble)

Clues and Scavenger Hunts
See also: Mysteries

Sibling / Peer Contests

Awkward - club fair table (science club vs. art club); geo-caching
The Lemonade War - brother vs. sister
Lunch Money - comic book sales business at school
No Talking - boys vs. girls silent contest
The Pet War - cat vs. dog
The Tapper Twins (class president, social media followers)

Other

Bright  - Quiz Bowl / Quiz Team
Caterpillar Summer  - fishing
Ellen Outside the Lines - clue hunt around Barcelona on school Spanish trip
Grandmaster - chess
The Pros of Cons - taxidermy
Slider - eating competition
Spin the Golden Light Bulb - problem-solving
The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy - reality TV


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