Most (and least) interesting RPG books to read?

[The Human Target]

Most- Volo's Guide to Waterdeep (or any Volo's Guide)


Least- The more crunch, the less fun to read generally.

 

[Wombat]

rulebooks I love to read:

Book of the Righteous
Paranoia (pretty much any edition)
Ars Magica (along with several sourcebooks -- Faeries, Lion of the North, The Dragon & the Bear, etc.)
Nobilis
It Came From The Late, Late, Late Show
Pandemonium!
Primal Order
GURPS Goblins
GURPS Transhuman Space
Castle Falkenstein (and Comme Il Faut)
Trollpack (for RuneQuest)
Unknown Armies

rulebooks that I own that are rather less interesting to read

Aria
Riddle of Steel

 

[kenobi65]

Fun to read:
- 1st Edition Star Wars RPG Rulebook and Sourcebook from WEG (the 1987 vintage ones)
- Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I'll second the Volo's series.

And add:

Midnight Campaign Setting
Hollowfaust
Kingdoms of Kalamar (though it admittedly required breaks)
Tome of Horrors 1 (For nostalgia value, certainly awesome)
The Monsternomicom looked interesting as well, though I've yet to purchase it
Dwarves Deep from 2e

Least:

Book of Exalted Deeds
Book of Vile Darkness
Arms and Equipment Guide (useful, but I didn't find it as fun a read as I would've thought)

Most- Volo's Guide to Waterdeep (or any Volo's Guide)

 

[DMH]

rulebooks that I own that are rather less interesting to read

Aria

That is why I qualified it. It is either amazing or amazingly boring and generally difficult to read for either. It had so much potential

 

[GlassJaw]

The Monsternomicom looked interesting as well, though I've yet to purchase it

I just got this last night - AWESOME! Best.Monster Book.Ever.

The fluff just drips off this book. Aside from the stats, every creature has some history as well as legends & lore, treasure that can be made from its body parts, and PLOT HOOKS!!! You get so many ideas just reading through the entries it's insane. This is new the standard for all monster books to come IMO.

As far as Shadowrun goes, the original Seattle Sourcebook is still my favorite.

 

[Campbell]

Fun to Read
Gun Fu
Hot Pursuit
Hot Pursuit: On Foot
Buffy/Angel/Witchcraft
Lords of Madness
Denizens of Avadnu
Legends of Avadnu
Iron Kingdoms World Guide
Monsternomicon
Call of Cthulhu d20
Freedom City
Crooks!
The New World of Darkness Line

 

[Andor]

Most fun to read:

World Tree

Least fun to read:

Kult

 

[haiiro]

Setting books:

- Eberron
- DragonMech

Non-setting books, D&D:

- Monsters of the Mind
- DMG II
- Divine and the Defeated

Non-D&D :

- The Burning Wheel (both books)
- GURPS Warehouse 23
- GURPS Discworld
- GURPS Transhuman Space
- Aberrant (I can only vouch for the d10 version)
- Paranoia
- In Nomine

Least fun...:

- Diomin
- AEG's Dungeons
- Deities & Demigods

 

[Jdvn1]

Most fun to read:

World Tree

I can always count on you to back up World Tree... Little used system, but very, very good.