Staying in is the new going out. Media like The New York Times and ABC News report a return to old-fashioned, low-cost game night, and retailers have seen sales of games rise 20 percent in the last year. Now comes The Ultimate Gamebook for Grown-ups, an extraordinary collection of more than 300 games for friends and family. Here are games for two and games for a group. Parlor games and party games. Indoor games and outdoor games. Quick games to break the ice and afternoon-long games for a whole family reunion. Guessing games, card games, trivia games, strategy games. Games for math geeks and games for word freaks, games for left-brainers and games for right-brainers, and silly games where it’s best to shut off the brain altogether.

This seventh edition of the Roget’s International Thesaurus is most up-to-date edition of the world’s bestselling thesaurus—and the only thesaurus based on Peter Roget’s original reference classic of 1852. With more than 325,000 words—including over 2,000 words and phrases newly added since the 2001 edition—and convenient thumb-indexing for easy access, Roget’s International Thesaurus, 7^th Edition, Thumb indexed truly stands out from the competition.

Sports Illustrated's first venture into the world of puzzle books features old faves such as crosswords and picture puzzles, and also a new kind of puzzle called a cross stat that is tailor-made for sports trivia fanatics. Just turn the page and . . . let the games begin!