Ranked #2 in Syfy, Ranked #2 in Hugo Award — see more rankings.
Ender Wiggin. Brilliant. Ruthless. Cunning. A tactical and strategic master. And a child.
Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. Among the elite recruits Ender proves himself to be a genius among geniuses. He excels in simulated war games. But is the pressure and loneliness taking its toll on Ender? Simulations... more
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of Ender's Game from the world's leading experts.
Mark Zuckerberg Founder/FacebookOh, it’s not a favorite book or anything like that, I just added it because I liked it. I don’t think there’s any real significance to the fact that it’s listed there and other books aren’t. (Source)
Ev Williams Co-Founder/Twitter, CEO/MediumRecommends this book
Timothy Ferriss Author & EntrepreneurAt one point, this was the only book listed on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page. If it’s good enough to be the sole selection of the founder of Facebook, maybe there’s something to it. The plot: In anticipation of another attack from a hostile alien race, the search for a brilliant military strategist has led to Ender Wiggin. In space combat school, Ender stands out, demonstrating exceptional leadership and unconventional strategy. But it is lonely at the top for Ender, as he struggles with relentless pressure from his instructors. Through Ender’s journey, you’ll learn how to capitalize on... (Source)
Travis Kalanick About a kid who is trained by the military to play video games [...] But he realizes at the end that the video games he was playing were an actual war. (Source)
Cory Zue Likewise on the non-business side, I feel that what books will resonate with you is so dependent on where you are in life that it’s impossible to declare a favorite. In high school my favorite book was probably Ender’s Game or Catcher in the Rye, in college I went through an Ayn Rand phase and might have said the Fountainhead. (Source)
Robert Hajnal [Favourite] book that is not business-related ?! Ender's Game, definitely! (Source)
Sean Seton-Rogers eval(ez_write_tag([[250,250],'theceolibrary_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_4',164,'0','1'])); Outside of all the teenage boy / angst books like Dune and Ender's World...in those, you always imagine you are Paul Atreides or Ender Wiggin and it's up to you to save the world :) (Source)
Pax South Austin Creed Future King @bmasci713 Hmmm but the book Enders game. That may be my favorite work of fiction. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Ender's Game is ranked in the following categories:
- #45 in 10th Grade
- #17 in 11-Year-Old
- #17 in 12-Year-Old
- #53 in 12th Grade
- #20 in 13-Year-Old
- #21 in 14-Year-Old
- #44 in 15-Year-Old
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- #53 in 18-Year-Old
- #16 in 6th Grade
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- #21 in 8th Grade
- #22 in 9th Grade
- #18 in Action
- #27 in Action Adventure
- #25 in Adaptation
- #43 in Adventure Fiction
- #6 in Aliens
- #46 in Audible
- #15 in Award-Winning
- #12 in Awarded
- #5 in Boy
- #14 in Candy
- #15 in Catalog
- #2 in Character
- #5 in Classic Sci-Fi
- #28 in Coming Of Age
- #42 in Creative
- #36 in Dragon
- #40 in Dystopian
- #11 in Engineering
- #5 in Entertaining
- #4 in Entertainment
- #44 in Ethics
- #12 in Fantasy Sci-Fi
- #14 in Fiction Series
- #20 in Fun
- #27 in Futurism
- #16 in Game Theory
- #8 in Games
- #9 in Gaming
- #12 in Gold
- #34 in Good Read
- #35 in Growing Up
- #24 in Hebrew
- #39 in Heroes
- #48 in Important
- #32 in Interesting
- #40 in Kindle
- #34 in Leather Bound
- #43 in Middle School
- #8 in Military
- #33 in Morality
- #45 in Movie
- #54 in Must-Read
- #17 in NPR
- #21 in Nerdy
- #45 in Nook
- #37 in Old
- #39 in Page-Turner
- #36 in Paperback
- #13 in Planet
- #26 in Plot Twist
- #33 in Popular
- #44 in Power
- #53 in Quest
- #28 in Rated
- #21 in Recent
- #12 in Recommended
- #37 in Reviewed
- #31 in Sales
- #7 in Sci-Fi Horror
- #3 in Science Fiction
- #4 in Science Fiction Fantasy
- #25 in Series
- #11 in Sister
- #31 in Smart
- #2 in Space
- #4 in Space Opera
- #23 in Summer Reading
- #22 in Suspenseful
- #34 in Teen
- #5 in Teen Adventure
- #5 in Teen Boys
- #47 in Teen Fiction
- #6 in Teen Girls
- #39 in Thought-Provoking
- #8 in Top Ten
- #3 in Twist
- #24 in Utopian
- #10 in Video Games
- #13 in War
- #20 in War Fiction
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- #36 in Young Adult
- #24 in Young Adult Fiction
- #50 in Young Reader
- #37 in Youth