Massive Amazon Sale Features Video Game Art Books, Official D&D Books, Compendiums, And More

Video games offer vast, detailed worlds that you can truly get lost in, and sometimes, there's more to learn about a world than what you easily pick up by just playing the game. That's part of why video game art books and compendiums are so popular--they dive deeper into the lore and history of a game while also showing off the art and sketches that went into making a game world come to life. If you're someone who likes to collect art books, guides, and other books around gaming, Amazon's latest sale has an absolute treasure trove of deals to check out.

The new Amazon sale features steep discounts on dozens of video game art books, compendiums, cookbooks, novelizations, and more. But on top of these individual discounts, there's a multi-buy deal that slashes 50% off one of your items when you add two to your cart. As usual, this'll be the cheaper item that gets the discount, so keep that in mind. This offers stacks as well--if you buy four things, the two cheapest items will be 50% off. With these combined deals, you can stock up on any gaming books you've been eyeing for a great price today, so it's absolutely worth browsing all the offers.

Highlights from the sale include Dark Horse's entire line of video game art books, giving you a closer look at concept art, sketches, and more from games like Cuphead, Ghost of Tsushima, and Final Fantasy. Notably, the brand-new Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition art book is on sale, just in time for Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.

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If you do a lot of home cooking, official cookbooks inspired by series like Destiny and The Elder Scrolls are discounted. These make great gifts for others too (and hey, Mother's Day is this weekend if you need a last-minute gift). Dungeons & Dragons players can save big on a bunch of official guidebooks like the Fifth Edition Monster Manual and newly released Candlekeep Mysteries. A few books about the gaming industry itself are included too, like Ask Iwata, a book about Nintendo's iconic CEO Satoru Iwata that released in April.

The sale isn't just gaming-related--hundreds of books are discounted and eligible for the multi-buy discount as well. Because of that, it's somewhat difficult to parse through it all and find the stuff you're interested in. Lucky for you, we've gone through and picked out as many of the gaming-related deals as we could and rounded them up below. This isn't everything--for example, there are plenty more Halo novels and D&D books on sale if you look them up in the sale's search bar--but this should give you an idea of the type of books on offer.

Art books and compendiums

• The Art of Bravely Default -- $32 ($40)
• The Art of Cuphead -- $19 ($40)
• The Art of Death Stranding -- $22.09 ($40)
• The Art of Destiny -- $27.68 ($45)
• The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening -- $22.51 ($40)
• The Art of Ghost of Tsushima -- $29.43 ($50)
• The Art of Horizon Zero Dawn -- $21.66 ($40)
• The Art of Overwatch -- $25.91 ($50)
• The Art of the Mass Effect Trilogy: Expanded Edition -- $31.38 ($40)
• The Art of Splatoon -- $22.94 ($40)
• The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order -- $20.49 ($40)
• Devil May Cry: Graphic Arts -- $38.25 ($50)
• FF Dot: The Pixel Art of Final Fantasy -- $14 ($25)
• Final Fantasy VII Remake: World Preview -- $17.84 ($25)
• God of War: Lore and Legends -- $16 ($35)
• Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo -- $$24.64 ($35)
• How to Make Capcom Fighting Characters: Street Fighter Character Design -- $28.04 ($50)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Creating a Champion -- $27.68
  • Hero's Edition -- $59.24 ($100)
• The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia -- $26.95 ($40)
• Super Mario Encyclopedia: Official Guide to the First 30 Years -- $23.76 ($40)
  • Limited Edition -- $47.24 ($80)
• Udon's Art of Capcom -- $32.29 ($50)
• Udon's Art of Capcom 2 -- $31.01 ($50)
• Udon's Art of Capcom 3 -- $29.74 ($50)
• The World of The Witcher: Video Game Compendium -- $21 ($40)

Cookbooks

• Destiny: The Official Cookbook -- $19.55 ($35)
• Dungeonmeister: A Drink Master's Guide -- $14.39 ($16)
• The Elder Scrolls: Official Cookbook -- $23.40 ($35)
• Fallout: The Vault Dweller's Official Cookbook -- $24.54 ($35)
• The Geek's Cookbook: Easy Recipes Inspired By Pokemon, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and More -- $12.65 ($15)
• Heroes' Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook -- $22.92 ($35)

Official Dungeons & Dragons books

• Candlekeep Mysteries -- $30 ($50)
• Core Rulebooks Gift Set with special foil covers -- $92 ($170)
• Dungeon Master's Guide -- $25 ($50)
• Eberron: Rising From the Last War -- $28.26 ($50)
• Essentials Kit -- $16 ($25)
• Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden -- $25 ($50)
• Monster Manual -- $27.49 ($50)
• Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes -- $25 ($50)
• Tasha's Cauldron of Everything -- $33.78 ($50)
• Waterdeep Dragon Heist -- $25.49 ($50)

Novels and graphic novels

• Halo: The Fall of Reach -- $14.29 ($17)
• Halo: The Flood -- $9 ($17)
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx -- $14 ($17)
• Halo: New Blood -- $8 ($10)
• Halo: Shadows of Reach -- $14 ($16)
• Halo: Silent Storm -- $12.79 ($16)
• Horizon Zero Dawn Vol. 1: The Sunhawk -- $15 ($17)
• Nier: Automata: Long Story Short -- $12 ($15)
• Nier: Automata - Yorha Boys -- $13.49 ($15)
• The Witcher Library Edition Volume 1 -- $37.25 ($50)

General nonfiction

• Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO -- $13.77 ($23)
• Blood, Sweat, And Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made -- $14.92 ($17)
• The Game Console: A History in Photographs -- $21.34 ($25)