The Score (book)

Last updated
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
The Score (book) (Book Cover).jpeg
Author C. Thi Nguyen
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Penguin Press
Publication date
January 13, 2026
Pages368
ISBN 978-0593655658

The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game is a book by C. Thi Nguyen. [1] [2]

Critical reception

Tim Clare of The Guardian praised the book as "lucid, entertaining and precise... a compelling read, urgent but never alarmist." [3] Simon Ings of The Daily Telegraph gave the book four stars out of five, describing it as "part polemic and part philosophical inquiry... If we truly want to understand our civic plight – and not just tick off some talking points – then we should read The Score. We’ll find that Nguyen has planned this particular long way round with skill." [4]

Kirkus Reviews stated that "Nguyen’s narrative can sometimes be heady to the point of headachy, but he’s also delightfully irreverent... An engaging look at the games we play and whatever freedom we might have as we do so." [5]

References

  1. ↑ Szalai, Jennifer (13 January 2026). "Why Keeping Score Isn't Fun Anymore". The New York Times . Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Rothfeld, Becca (8 January 2026). "A philosopher's case for living playfully without keeping score". The Washington Post . Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Clare, Tim (6 January 2026). "The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Ings, Simon (2 January 2026). "Feel like your life is just a game? This book explains why". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Score". Kirkus Reviews . 25 October 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.