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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
MostlyVoid
Since: Sep, 2014

Not strictly 'literature', but a singleplayer RPG paperback. Pretty old, got it from a charity shop back in 2006-2010ish.
Title: 'Over the Winedark Sea' or something similar.
Description: Cover showed a sunset over the ocean, with a classic fantasy style adventurer in the foreground, standing at the helm of a boat. A pretty large book, shaped more like a paperback textbook than a novel.
Inside: Started with character generation instructions and details on how to play the game. Unlike a ttrpg manual, this book was closer to a choose-your-own-adventure kind of thing, with longish columns of text ending in dice rolls to make, and telling you what section to turn to depending on your results. Very small print, with the occasional black-and-white illustrations of monsters, scenery, etc.
Other: I think it was part of a series- various story threads would abruptly break off, telling you to go to a certain page of a different page in an entirely other book. I don't remember the system exactly, so I don't know if this was a Wizards of the Coast product, or something more niche.
Edited by MostlyVoid