They can be if you like that sort of thing -- it can be fun choosing different pathways and seeing what the author has imagined for each one.
WOW, I really had to Google for this one - good question! They are called Gamebooks or Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books.
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I like infinite-story.com ... see Related Link [1] below. You can read "Choose your own adventure" stories, write them, and they are sorted by genre
Alter Ego is a very fun "Choose your own adventure" type game. It starts as soon as you're born, and ends when you die.
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain Or, more modern: "On the Road" by Jack Keroak Or, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson Or, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll (This is a pseudonym)
Harry Potter, goosebumps,
If you like action and adventure, then this is the book for you!
Easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! repeat the same thing as you did to be bad but choose good
-I recommend "Xoe" by Sara C. Roethle.
here are some sloganadventure is fun
"Yes, these books are really good reading. There are over three million titles, or books, from you to choose from. And there are many that are well known titles, such as Busy Monsters."
One could purchase a good selection of horror books at Chapters. There is a complete section on horror books one could choose written by various authors.