Fictional Novels about Chess

Hey guys,

Does anyone have any good recommendations on fictional novels about chess? I read The Tournament by Mathew Reilly and The Queen's Gambit and both are enjoyable. Thanks

The Eight by Katherine Neville

The Fire (sequel to The Eight)

Thanks. How is The Eight?

The Luzhin Defense by Nabokov

Nabokov is best known for his book "Lolita"

And gets a mention in the hit song "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by "The Police"

Great. The Luzhin Defense looks interesting.

The Ray Gordon series, starting with Even Dead Men Play Chess. 

The Royal Game
 
The Royal Game (also known as Chess Story; in the original German Schachnovelle, "Chess Novella") is a novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig written in 1941, the year before the author's death by suicide.

Great book

 & Alice in wonderland

The Chess Players by Frances Parkington Keyes 1960. A chess history of New Orleans and the life of Paul Morphy

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-related-novels-amp-stories

I liked both "The Eight" and "The Fire" as the mystery was interjected with history akin to Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code". You can read the introduction on Amazon for each book to get a better idea of the historical scope that the novels cover.

https://www.amazon.com/Eight-Katherine-Neville/dp/0345351371/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Novel-Katherine-Neville/dp/0345500679/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1614245326&sr=1-3

You might find something interesting on this Chess-themed Fiction list on Goodreads.

That's for all of the replies. Plenty of books now to keep me occupied using your helpful links and recommendations. 

How about short stories?

The Three Sailors' Gambit by Lord Dunsany.

It was written more than a hundred years ago, and is now in the public domain (you can read it for free, online):

Tales of Wonder: The Three Sailors' Gambit (sacred-texts.com)