BOOKING IT

WTWTLW’s stories are buried within a high-concept adventure that doesn’t improve on the simple experience of reading, but its stories are still worth telling. With that in mind, here are some related books that you won’t have to hold the ‘W’ key down to read.

WORKING STUDS TERKEL

A collection of ’70s interviews with Americans about their jobs. A captivating document about what it means to ‘work,’ and the most similar experience to playing WTWTLW that I can think of.

DUSK OF DAWN W. E. B. DU BO IS

Du Bois’ 1940 autobiography, as well as his catalogue of other texts (look for a collection!), are necessary, and powerful reading if one wants to begin to understand race in the United States.

THE GRAPES OF WRATH JOHN STEIN BECK

It’s clear that much of WTWTLW’s inspiration came from Steinbeck and his portrait of the Dust Bowl—if you dodged one of the most-read novels of all time in school, it couldn’t hurt to catch up.