BLACK IS SO-SO! by Adorejan. Here is a collection of games that Black barely wins. Of course, the player with the Black pieces are grandmasters against amateurs who have the White pieces and just learned the game.
MY WORST GAMES by Alexander Alekwine. Here is former world champion Alekwine at his worst and under the influence of alcohol. See him lose games as he passes out and loses on time. You will get all choked up like he did after losing his last tournament in Spain.
THE DELIGHTS OF CHESS AND SCIENCE FICTION by Assiac Assimov. A delightful anthology on chess and science fiction. Read excerpts from I, DEEP BLUE and CHESS FOUNDATION TRILOGY.
QUICKEST CHESS VICTORIES SINCE THE DAWN OF MAN by Graham Cracker. A comprehensive collection of the shortest (3 moves or less) games in all human history. Also the quickest book to write.
KNIGHT AND BISHOP AND ROOK ENDINGS by Yurrey Haverback. This whole book covers games with just one knight and one bishop and one rook (kings included). Nothing else on the board. A must for the endgame enthusiast.
HOW GOOD IS YOUR CHEST by Dolly Parton. Not the best chest book in the world, but well illustrated. It will titillate the reader.
THE KILLER SIMSON by Michael Baseman. After publishing the Killer Grobb Attack, Baseman now publishes the Killer Simpson Defense. Cut your opponent to pieces with this opening defense.
15 DAMES AND THEIR STORIES by Mikhail Buttvinnik. Buttvinnik looks at 15 female chess players and how they stack up against men. The women include Veera Menchick, the three Polegore sisters, Nono Grabandishvili, Pia Crampling, Isolani, and Xie June.
PROFILE OF AN ALLERGY by Frank Grady. What to do when chess players get sick.
CHESS FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES by Jose Casablanca. Chess at the fundamental level involving electons, protons, and neutrons spinning around a chess board universe.
ILLOGICAL CHESS, MOVE BY MOVE by Irving Chernoblev. How almost all chess players except grandmasters play.
THE TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS DEFENSE by Jakov Estrogin. How to stall and make your games last for several days until your opponent gives up from exhaustion (good for chess.com players who have exhasuted thier vacation time).
CHESS CATHOLICISM by Larry Evens (introduction by Reverand Guy Lombardy). Chess in the Catholic church and played by popes and priests. Don't turn over the pages too fast.
CHESS THE EASY WAY OUT by Reuben Find. How to play chess and get out of work, not look for a job, and be a bum the rest of your life in this economy.
HOW TO BEAT EDMAR MEDNIS by Bobby Fisher. Over 60 memorable losses that Fisher has crushed Mednis over the years.
MY 60 MEMORABLE INTERVIEWS by Bobby Fisher. Interviews with GM Torrie and others about Jewish chess, life abroad, going to chess auctions, American politics, and other insights.
MY 60 MEMORABLE YEARS by Bobby Fisher. After turning 60, Fisher writes his memoirs. Very short book. 1972 and 1992 is about it. Also in Japanese.
I WAS TORTURED IN A JAPANESE JAILHOUSE by Bobbie Fisher. The story of Bobbie Fisher getting arrested in Tokyo for bad karaoke singing and then getting roughed up by some Jewish sumo wrestlers who gives Fisher a wedgie.
BOB E. FISHER PREACHES HESS by Bob E. Fisher. A Nazi follower chess player discusses the good side of Rudolf Hess, Deputy Fueherer. Hess promoted prison chess, but later hung a piece, then himself.
THE COMPLETE CHESS ATTIC by Michael J Fox. What can be found and stored in the attic such as old chess pieces and boards.
CHESS TOURNAMENTS (400 AD - 1848) by Jeremy Gage. The complete crosstable of every chess tournament for the past thousand years or so. Small book.
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO CHESS by Dennis Hooper and Billy Whyld. An encyclopedia of British chess played at a well-known British university.
CHESS EXCUSES: THEORY AND PRACTICES by Al Whorowitz. Have your excuses ready before you start your chess game, such as sick with the swine flu or AIDS, not used to the clock, poor lighting, cosmic rays, or exposed to toxic gas from the Gulf War.
CHESS IS MY AFTERLIFE by Anna Toly Karpoff. Chess played in the reincarted period.
101 DOMINATIONS by Kasparovian. 101 endgame studies. Not to be confused with 101 DALMATIONS or the Colle Attack.
THE LAST BLACK KNIGHTS TANGO IN PARIS by Georgi Orloff. Chess during the Crusades. Bamboozle your opponent with these ancient lines. If you lose, burn them at the stake.
PRAWN POWER IN CHESS by Hans Smoch. How fish products can help you improve your chess playing ability. Then you can play like a fish.
IN THE DARK ROOM by George Coltanowsky. Pictures of chess players in action by photographer Coltanowsky.
MODERN CHESS OPENINGS, 100TH EDITION by Nick Di Firmhand. This 4,000 page book contains all the openings in 1 volume.
SMELL LIKE A GRANDMASTER by Kotoff. A sequel to Think and Train Like a Grandmaster. Be a stronger chess opponent. Don't bathe.
MY SIS TEMM by Arron Nimzobitch. Story of a master's sister and her struggle to survive off her brother's chess winnings.
NONE CHESS OPENINGS by No One. Not a single opening in this opening book. A rip-off.
LET'S NOT PLAY CHESS by Bruce Lee Pandolfeeny. How not to play chess anymore, but just write about it and make money.
THE COMPLETE CHESS INTERCOURSE by Freddie Reinfelt. Illustrated guide on how to mate. Learn all the positions.
THE SPANISH INQUISITION by Eric Schillert. Schillert's list of tortures used in chess games to force a resignation.
TAKE MY BOOKS by Yes Sir Seiriwon. How to play chess without studying any chess books, including this one.
CATALOG OF CHESS FOOD by Andy Soultis. A list of favorite chess foods of chess players and their recipes.
MY 6 MEMORABLE GAMES by Marc Taminoff. A small book that features 6 lost games by an aging pianist who tries to play chess against a crazy man.
MY WELL HUNG ROOK by Mark Taimonov. The life and times of an ex-Russian patriot who hangs rooks for a living. He could have been such a good musician instead.
500 GROB MINIATURES by Beale Wall. A collection of off-the-wall games and exciting short traps. Over 490 of them are Wall's own games against players just learning how to play chess (mostly new www.chess.com blitz players).
THE SCOTCH TAPE by Peter Walls. Now the Scotch game on video tape. Both sides are forced to resign after this exhaustive analysis.
HOW NOT TO PAY CHESS by Znosko-Borokosky. Ways of getting into chess tournaments for free and other cost-saving ideas for the chess addict.
SEARCHING FOR CARRIE FISHER by Josh Whiteskin. This book is really about the author looking for an original Star Wars chess set.
Book titles "turned" into chess titles...
"And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend" - Harvey Penick
... "And If You Play Chess, You're My Friend"